annotation “Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?”

(4.) Though this group of children, almost all of whom were White, did not live near a large Native American population and probably had had little if any personal interaction with American Indians, they all had internalized an image of what Indians were like. How did they know? Cartoon images, in particular the Disney movie Peter Pan, were cited by the children as their number-one source of information. At the age of three, these children already had a set of stereotypes in place. Though I would not describe three-year-olds as prejudiced, the stereotypes to which they have been exposed become the foundation for the adult prejudices so many of us have.

i chose this paragraph because i think it is important and it is somthing i agree with. i dont think three year olds are predudiced either but the path that they are exposed to at such a young age is one that will enter them into the world with stereo types in their minds like with the native americans there are movies like peter pan, there is an indian in the cupboard, and pocahontas. there are also halloween costumes, sunday i was at the holloween store and came across a costume that was suppsed to be on a native american that consisted of fake animal skins, feathers, and a knife, the woman who was modeling it also had her hair in braids with paint onj her face and looked as if she were dancing around. i think if we exposed young children to what other cultures are really like befor showing the movie then it would really help then avoid these negative images.