Some students gave a really interesting presentation in class. I think overall I learned a lot. We started off doing some circle group thing where we stepped into the circle if we had heard of the stereotype before. I think for me, some of the stereotypes were very…general. Could be applied to to a lot of people, but some were definitely things I’ve heard before. For the most part it was a really informative presentation and paired very well with the video we watched before the presentation. There was really only one thing I wasn’t
really sure about. They said, people take Disney movies as very factual…I mean as a kid, I was very aware it was just a movie, even at a very young age. I mean they have movies about mermaids…Beauty and the Beast…I don’t find any of these movies factual and I don’t agree that really anyone else does. That’s not to say that the movies shouldn’t try to be as accurate as necessary when it matter, they should definitely put in the effort. When I watch a movie like Moana, I don’t take what they’re saying and pretend like I know anything about the culture they’re trying to portray, but I do understand people/kids can be influenced very easily.