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[theladytrinity]

I love Peggy Lee like nobody's business, but god damn, the Siamese Cat Song. Epic fail, Peg.

I don't know that I can speak for every child's experience, but I remember golden-age-Disney's casual racism sailing over my head when I was a kid. Racism and drinking and smoking in animated movies didn't stay with me; I simply didn't regard what I was

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[theladytrinity]

That's the thing! Kids are largely ignorant (by virtue of just not having a whole lot of experience/education yet) but they're certainly not stupid and some are exceedingly perceptive. They'll notice things like everyone being a white guy or dated racial caricatures and go "wtf, this isn't how things work". They also know when they're being talked down to. They've got their own way of seeing things that hasn't been mucked up by all the stuff they'll encounter as an adult and it's always a surprise because you get so used to seeing the world through adult politics and concerns and motives and I'm starting to rant now aren't I but I think it's neat. This is what makes Bill Watterson so great, he seems to have the rare ability to see the world from both perspectives while most people have only the one.

[lucidsnapdragon]

I thought this was overall a fascinating Newsweek article relating to kids and race -- this is a small bit from it