Unlearning the Myths That Bind Us Linda Christensen

Quotes:

1) "The impact of racism begins early. Even in our preschool years, we are exposed to misinformation about people different from ourselves"
- This quote shows hows these topics show up as early as preschool. Children at this age are hearing information around them and they can't depict whether it's true or not. Also, they hear what their parents may talk about or what they may watch on TV. This goes along with this article, because it's about the "myths" that we grow up around.

2) "This is just a dumb little cartoon with some ducks running around in clothes" ... "Then students start to notice the patterns - like the absences of female characters in many of the older cartoons. When women do appear, they look like Jessica Rabbit or Playboy centerfolds - even in many of the new and "improved" children's movies"
- This quote shows how we don't really notice things unless they are looked at closer. Another example besides just the television, there is also childrens' books that interpret how some lives may be. children look or read these things and think that this is the way that life has to be or might be. They put theses ideas in the children's mind at young age, makes it diffucult for when they are older to explain to them that the world isn't entierly like what they've seen or heard.

3) "I realized these problems weren't just in cartoons. They were in everything - every magazine I picked up, every television show I watched, every billboard I passed by on the street."
- This quote shows how these issues aren't just in cartoons and that they are everywhere. People are always judged on how they act or how they dress or how they might do something. The "right" way is what we see in magazines or television shows or etc. and that is what we think is how we are supposed to act. Time has changed and these stereotypes haven't exactly gone away but they are not as bad as they once were.

Questions/ Comments/ Points:

This was a good article. It opened my eyes to a new point of view and see that some of the sterotypical things are hidden in children's cartoons and even the books. When children hear these things at a young age, it stick to thier brain and they don't forget it. If we start to tell children how life really is, it'll be easier when they are older and out in the real world.