I'm talking about cartoons, animated movies etc...
Like do you think they can affect children in a negative way?
Well... I did watch some stuff like that as a child.
And I think they were politically incorrect even by 2000's standard.
I remember it as if I didn't get what was wrong with some of the stuff.
Like that one part of Aristocats, where the Siamese cat is playing piano with chopsticks and saying something stereotypical.
I remember not seeing what was wrong with it.
Well... I remember that as a child, I had some assumptions about Asians and used to draw Chinese people in a racist way.
I do also remember classmate saying "Chinese people have eyes like this" and having her eyes almost closed.
But I'm not blaming Aristocats for it.
I do remember realizing that some Disney movies had racist parts, when I was looking at stuff on the internet.
I do remember when I was a bit younger and they talked about how the Pippi Longstocking book used the N-word. (Like the part where it is mentioned which people Pippi's father is the king of.)
And teachers were saying stuff like "It has the N-word in it, but it is not okay to use."
I do remember that I used the N-word as a child.
But as I grew older I was like "this word is wrong to use." and remember correcting my grandmother, when she used that word.
Well... sometimes I have read old children's books, and been like "Well... that wouldn't fly today." at some parts.
And also cringed at it.
I know that in one part of the Moomin books, it pretty much sounds like it glorifies smoking. (even though I don't think it would make children smoke.)
I do remember when teachers were being like "smoking is bad and very unhealthy."
And I actually was very "anti-smoking" back then.
I do remember that some of my classmates who were taught "smoking is bad and unhealthy", ended up becoming smokers as teens.
I'm not going to blame those cartoons and books for how I was as a child though.
I don't know why I was like that.
