Talk:Antiracist Activism for Teachers and Students/Arts/Movies

There are numerous problems with the Mulan section which I will outline below:

Huns have darker skin, more ethnic features, high cheekbones and extremely slanted eyes The emperor has all these features except the dark shin. Mulan and Shang are portrayed as very conventionally pretty, symmetrical faces, well proportioned features, Shang has broad shoulders with small waist and is very tall, Mulan is very short and thin and pretty It is common to have the "good" guys look much more pleasing than the "bad" guys - this is not a race issue". Mulan and Shang have very Americanized accents while the other characters have a more ethnic accent The other characters, both good and bad have accents - its not as if the only the bad guys have accents. In fact the leader of the Huns has no accent. Chien-Po as the spiritual stereotypical Chinese person looks a lot like Buddha. Huns as bad guys are more raggedy and disheveled looking. The good guys have more colorful clothes, very presentable, neatly assembled '''Again this is normal Disney/childhood movie techinique - the good guys are supposed to look better - its not a race issue. The evil queen in Snow White wears all black, the witch in Sleeping Beauty does too, etc'''. During Mushu’s introduction to Mulan, gospel music commonly associated with black congregational churches is playing. Kids will pick up on the black voice and associate the stereotype. The sidekicks with the accents and the ethnic features are portrayed as dumber than the protagonist who has a very American accent with white Caucasian features that slightly resemble Asian features.