Disney is great for children of all ages. It enhances ones learning and is such a kid friendly channel right? That’s what we’re brought up to believe at least.
However, once fully analyzing Disney movies from The Lion King to Cars, we realize this is far from the truth.
There are countless subliminal messages that neither parents nor children realize how much it affects a young mind. Disney creates stereotypes, showing the writer’s personal ideas of certain races, genders, and religions, exc. and implants these ideas into our brains unconsciously. BRAINWASHING? Seems like it to me.
Just a few simple, broad examples that repetitively show up in Disney movies are the idea that women need to be dependent upon a man, the idea of what women should look and act like, and the idea of stereotypes of different ethnicities. Also, many movies which Disney has made has multiple secret “dirty” images or ideas, which is obviously not appropriate for movies that target children.
The Lion King: This movie that countless numbers of ideas that children should not grow up believing. This movie not only shows family betrayal, violence and hatred to others that seem “different,” but even stereotypes what kind of people are evil and which type of people are good. For example, in the movies the only “evil” characters are dark skinned. 
The hyenas and Mufasa are both dark skinned where the innocent lions are clearly the lightest skinned characters in the whole movie. Also, looking at high vs. low class and elite power, it discriminates against anyone who is different than you and makes children think it is not okay to be friends with someone who is different. Simba, the King to be, is anything but praised to be friends with Timone and Pumba, who could be considered low class in this scenario.
The Little Mermaid: No matter how innocent this movies seems from the outside, multiple ideas of Disney overlaps in this movies as well.
Again, Ursula, the evil sea monster is dark skinned again, and on top of that little overweight, where the King’s family, including Ariel, seems to be as white as can be. Next, all of the girls and women in this movie are super skinny, with long, wavy, beautiful hair and has curves every girl wishes she had. This implants the image of what women and even young girls should look like and should want to look like.
Cars: Though this may not be as extreme as other Disney movies, one issue in this movie really bothers me. The character of Mater in this movie pretty much represents someone who has a disability. They made this character with a lisp, a little bit dumber than the rest of the characters and just an outsider. They also did everything to make him look as unattractive as possible. 
Disney does anything but enhance the learning of our children. In almost every, if not every, Disney movie, there are stereotypes that we can no longer overlook but start to only notice more malevolent actions Disney brings to the big screen.
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