April 29 - After viewing your classmates’ presentations, which cultural group did you find most interesting? Explain why. Then, reflect on how this presentation changed or deepened your understanding of that culture.

Response: The cultural group presentation that I found the most interesting was the Native American one. Seeing a cartoon that my grandparents could have been watching when they were kids featuring such terrible stereotypes connected with me. I just find it bizarre that this way of thinking was so normalized back then. When answering one of the questions, I made the point that the production team may have been pressured to put these stereotypes in the film to appeal to their general audience. It could also be that the production team thought their audience was an all white one at the time. This presentation helped show me how so much Native American culture had been washed away by European settlers, and all that remains for the general population to know is that they were aggressive but stupid. This representation is obviously inaccurate, and this presentation helped show me that.

Summary: Today, we presented our Culture Group Presentations.

Reflection: Different cultures all around the world will always be misrepresented, but as time has gone on, more and more films and media incorporate accurate depictions of those cultures.