Pocahontas

When you think of Pocahontas you think of a beautiful young lady who ultimately defies her father to be with the man she loves even though he is from a different culture. So the fact of this whole movie being based on a biracial it can’t be racist can it? Wrong this movie is just as racist as all the rest of movies I’ve talked about.  We can see the straight up racism when the Europeans invade the Native American land and sing the song savages. In this song Europeans sing “Their whole disgusting race is like a curse .Their skin’s a hellish red .They're only good when dead”. They are straight out saying that the Native Americans are worthless and are nothing but bad. However the Native Americans do fight back saying that “the paleface is demon” so unlike other films both races are taking a hit. Like in Peter Pan the Native Americans are seen as the typical red skinned, painted face, with feather head pieces with fits with the typical racist stereotype.  

                Similar to Aladdin, Pocahontas has attitudes of sexism and racism present within the major female character. In all of the Disney movies talked about it is interesting to pay attention to the females wardrobe, if you look carefully the white women are more likely to be fully dressed with very little skin showing. On the other hand the multiracial females have skimpy outfits exposing their legs and even breasts to some extent.

 This is making multiracial women look more like a piece of meat then a strong independent women fighting for what they want or trying to make a change. These multiracial females are also usually the ones shown to defy their father’s wishes like when Jasmine wants to marry Prince Ali, and in Pocahontas were she wants to marry John Smith. This is teaching younger children that people of different races don’t fall rules or respect their families. 

The final major form of sexism involves the repetition that Pocahontas is not capable of picking her own mate, because she is not capable and destined to marry who she is told. This is making it seem like women can not make their own important life choices without being told to.