Black People and African American Actors Essay

Stereotyping is the automatic/ exaggerated mental pictures that plurality hold active a particular racial group without taking individual differences into consideration. Examples of stereotyping would be the main characters of the movie Rio2, Jewel and Blue being voiced by sporty actors whilst their wild relatives are voiced by non-white actors implying sophistication as well as in the movie Despicable Me 2 where El Macho and his son are given a Spanish token portraying a smooth talker and an irresistible lover that is often stereotypes about Spanish people. 87 People seem oblivious to the racial subject area due to various distractions like visual stimuli such as 3D effects and the contrasting use of color, sound effects such as surround sound and the voices of the character and lastly the plot of the story.Most people are over stimulated by these distractions that they rarely notice the stereotyping. another(prenominal) factor would be that parents neglect the responsibility to screen the movies that their children are watching. In some instances the stereotyping may be instilled in some parents from birth resulting in children seeing stereotyping as normal behavior. 96 Subtle racial prejudices towards Hispanic and pitch blackness people in Rio2 were the implication that wild Amazonian Macaws voiced by non- white actors are uncivilized.Songs sung by these Macaws are primarily voiced by African American actors accompanied by rhythmic beats and movements with dodgy phrases primarily found in native song and dance. Roberto (wild Macaw) is voiced by the singer Bruno Mars who is from a mixture of Jewish and Hawaiian sightly implying (help with that word). Pedro and Nico two rapping, gangster, music loving birds are voiced by two equally successful and famous rappers Will.I.Am and Jamie Foxx 99 From this passage I can decide that even though warnings about stereotyping may be placed forrader animation movies, many parents would still allow their children to watch it. 31