Comments on: Querido Disneyland: Where Are the Latinos? http://spanglishbaby.com/2011/08/querido-disneyland-where-are-the-latinos/ Raising bilingual and bicultural kids Thu, 26 Jul 2018 07:12:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.2 By: Xavier http://spanglishbaby.com/2011/08/querido-disneyland-where-are-the-latinos/#comment-170382 Xavier Fri, 24 Aug 2012 23:58:39 +0000 http://www.spanglishbaby.com/?p=13876#comment-170382 Do us all a favor and BOYCOTT DISNEY. For the very reasons you mentioned (lack of Latino presence), not to mention the terrible racial and gender stereotypes in their films as well as they targeted psuedo-brainwashing of America’s youth ( getting into bed with McDonald’s and other fast-food establishments for Happy Meal toy tie-in’s, strategic re-release of the aforementioned movies every 7-10 years), and their extremely far-right conservative political support. I’m actually shocked how many SpanglishBaby contributors expose their children to such a negative company, its products, and characters.

]]> By: Monica http://spanglishbaby.com/2011/08/querido-disneyland-where-are-the-latinos/#comment-30245 Monica Mon, 22 Aug 2011 22:45:54 +0000 http://www.spanglishbaby.com/?p=13876#comment-30245 Let’s all write to Disney! One voice speaks for many.

]]> By: Magda http://spanglishbaby.com/2011/08/querido-disneyland-where-are-the-latinos/#comment-29931 Magda Fri, 19 Aug 2011 04:17:47 +0000 http://www.spanglishbaby.com/?p=13876#comment-29931 Hi,

I completely agree, however, La llorona in Mexico is a legend of a woman longing for the kids she drowned in the river. I don’t know how well that would go ;)

Gracias,

Magda

]]> By: Monica http://spanglishbaby.com/2011/08/querido-disneyland-where-are-the-latinos/#comment-29924 Monica Fri, 19 Aug 2011 02:31:45 +0000 http://www.spanglishbaby.com/?p=13876#comment-29924 Love this post! I’ve been complaining to anyone who’ll listen for years about Disney’s lack of Latino characters. I’ve been desperate for a Latina heroine portrayed on the big screen ever since my daughter was born. I have a list of characters, too.

The book, Fiesta Femenina, has a great list of Mexican women in folktale, each strong her own unique way.

But I think the story of “The Little Horse of Seven Colors” would make the most remarkable Disney story. F. Isabel Campoy has the best version of this story in the book, Tales Our Abuelitas Told, which she co-authored with Alma Flor Ada.

Come on, Disney, I’m happy to talk with you!

]]> By: Yaz http://spanglishbaby.com/2011/08/querido-disneyland-where-are-the-latinos/#comment-29903 Yaz Thu, 18 Aug 2011 23:55:05 +0000 http://www.spanglishbaby.com/?p=13876#comment-29903 Tell me about it. In my case the issue is two-fold as my kids are Black and Latinos! Besides the recent Disney pictures with Black characters, not a lot my kids can identify with.

]]> By: Giselle Perry http://spanglishbaby.com/2011/08/querido-disneyland-where-are-the-latinos/#comment-29884 Giselle Perry Thu, 18 Aug 2011 20:32:39 +0000 http://www.spanglishbaby.com/?p=13876#comment-29884 Wonderful points! I would also add the wonderful (based on true story) legend of “La China Poblana” from Mexico. En hora buena! Your daughter is a sweetheart! Great pic.

]]> By: BethO http://spanglishbaby.com/2011/08/querido-disneyland-where-are-the-latinos/#comment-29881 BethO Thu, 18 Aug 2011 20:28:48 +0000 http://www.spanglishbaby.com/?p=13876#comment-29881 I thank you for this. My little son and stepkids are Latinos, but I am not a Latina, and my husband only became a Latino recently (before that, in Mexico, he was just a regular guy). So it’s especially great to hear your opinion! I’m taking this as a shopping list for books that my son and I can read together. I have La mujer que brillaba aun mas que el sol, but did not know about the other books you mention.

Hopefully Disney will catch on at some point, but you know what, I really believe if they don’t they’ll simply become irrelevant and somebody WILL put out the content people would like to see! Disney is selling a product. Even Wonder bread came out with different flavors. Personally, we went to DisneyWorld once and don’t need to go again for a long time. We cancelled cable tv and the kids don’t even miss it. They tend to watch PBS in the mornings and the rest of the time have Netflix, Hulu & Youtube. They enjoy shows like Pocoyo and naturally choose them. My daughter is grown and got her own place over a year ago, has neither a tv nor a radio, and a lot of her friends don’t have them either. This is becoming normal.

]]> By: edna@solocontestas http://spanglishbaby.com/2011/08/querido-disneyland-where-are-the-latinos/#comment-29864 edna@solocontestas Thu, 18 Aug 2011 18:28:11 +0000 http://www.spanglishbaby.com/?p=13876#comment-29864 Great points. I hope you send this to Disney’s corporate headquarter and maybe get an answer. They got Handy Many on the Disney Channel, which I always had a problem with. Nickelodeon has Dora and Diego, both of which I like. But yes come to think of it, where are the Latinos Disney?

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