Painting with the Colors of the Wind: Disney and Racism

Painting with the Colors of the Wind: Disney and Racism

Joanna Tien

This is a rather strange thing to say, but I actually had fun writing this paper. Two of the things that would make your research/writing process a lot easier is to find a way to organize your evidence and see Professor Hicks at her office hours! It is important to find a way to organize your evidence (in a way that works for you) so that it is easier to find what you want when you need it. Another thing that helped me greatly was to visit Professor Hicks to have her go over my paper. She reads really fast, is super attentive and is ready to answer any questions you may have, as well as provide feedback. I would highly suggest going if this is your first research paper. Professor Hicks is great and helps a lot!

My research question focused on the difference between Disney's portrayal of white princesses versus princesses of color, and if these differences in depictions were trying to send specific messages to the audience.

Works Cited (All from JSTOR or the CSULA library)

Brode, Douglas. Multiculturalism and the Mouse. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2005. Print.

Cheu, Johnson. Diversity in Disney Films : Critical Essays on Race, Ethnicity, Gender, Sexuality

and Disability. ­­­­Jefferson: McFarland & Company, 2013. Web. 

Edwards, Leigh H. “The United Colors of ‘Pocahontas’: Synthetic Miscegenation and Disney's

Multiculturalism.” Narrative 7.2 (1999): 147-168. PDF file.

Lacroix, Celeste. “Images of Animated Others: The Orientalization of Disney's Cartoon Heroines

from The Little Mermaid to The Hunchback of Notre Dame.” Popular Communication

2.4 (2004): 213-229. PDF file.