Cultural Stereotypes

There are many different stereotypes portrayed in the media these days. For starters, children's movies such as Pocahontas show the stereotype of the Native American culture such as showing typical costumes and rituals. Since children are being raised watching movies like these, they are being raised to have stereotypes for Native Americans. The stereotype is also demonstrated in the clip we watched from Just Dance 3. The typical costume with headdress and feathers is one thing, but listening to the lyrics is another. I didn't even realize how stereotypical the lyrics were until we saw them all written out in class. Therefore, there are some stereotypes that we don't even realize are being portrayed that we are subconsiously learning about. This all reminds me of the cartoon shown in class about the boy and girl where the boy doesn't realize the girl is even a Native American because he had all these previous stereotypes built up in his mind from movies and T.V. shows.