Very well stated, Dr. King. What may be "cute" and "nostalgic" to some
can (and rightfully so) be very offensive to many others. The point
that the movie teaches children the wrong conceptions must be made to
the teacher who wants to show it.
Gloria Curdy, K-12 LIbrary Coordinator
Missoula County Public Schools
Missoula, MT
gcurdy@mcps.k12.mt.us
>>> Satyra King <SKing84559@AOL.COM> 05/08/03 10:22PM >>>
To Marian Royal in New Mexico:
"Song of the South" portrays insulting stereotypes of black people (as
animals, no less) that are immediate recognizable to any aware black
person.
To place those stereotypes in the minds of small children of any race
--
black, white, mixed, Asian, Asian-Pacific, Hispanic, Latino, Native
American,
or other -- so that when they see black people interacting in an
animated
fashion, with Southern speech patterns, those engrained images will
subconsciously exist in their head is really problematic. To then have
a
contrasting nice kindly "uncle" image to compensate then perpetuates
another
stereotype. Haven't we moved beyond all that?
The term PC for one person often refers to something that is truly
socially
offensive to someone else somewhere. It is a very sad comment on
anyone to
know that legality is their only bottom line as to what images they do
and do
not present to children. This is not academic posturing, i.e. PC for
me; it
is personally objectionable!
Dr. Satyra V. King
Library Media Specialist, K-5
Harrington Elementary School
Lynn, MA 01902
sking84559@aol.com
In a message dated 5/8/2003 6:29:07 PM Eastern Standard Time,
LISTSERV@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU writes:
> Date: Thu, 8 May 2003 20:41:26 +0000
> From: Marian Royal <marianroyal@HOTMAIL.COM>
> Subject: Gen: "Song of the South" okay to show?
> MIME-Version: 1.0
> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed
>
> A first grade teacher has just come in and asked me if it's
acceptable to
> show the original "Song of the South" in the classroom. I know some
might
> consider this movie NOT PC, but is it actually in violation of any
laws,
> statutes, etc? Thanks in advance for your help.
>
>
>
> Marian Royal
> Librarian
> Parkview Elementary
> Socorro, NM
> marianroyal@hotmail.com
>
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