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Examples Of Racist Things About Native Americans In Movies

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Adeline Draper
Sarah
American Inidian’s
1-18-2023
Racist Things about Native Americans in Movies We have all seen movies like Peter Pan or Pocahontas or we have at least heard of them and know the main idea of the movies. But while they may appear fine, take a closer look at it and there are many flaws and racist things in them. In fact when someone looks close enough in a lot of movies there will be many flaws and racist things inside of them about Native Americans. Movies have had racist things about Native Americans in them for a long time and still do. Red face is a racist thing that white people did and it started around the year of 1930. It is when a white person paint’s red on their face to make them appear as a different race, in this case Native American or native Indian. This is extremely offensive because of the fact that they will dress up as a different race and show up on the screen acting and trying to portray someone else's beliefs Heritage and everything like that. American Indians were almost always looked at as half-clothed savages, screaming their war cries as they were shot off their horses by the white heroes. (Hoffman Pg. 28) There are many movies that have been argued about if they are appropriate for kids.The Avatar Movie has been …show more content…

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