Chapter 23:
I enjoyed this chapter the most out of all of them I think. The chapter goes into details about the American culture and how corrupt it is. Specifically it brings up the question is Barbie a good representation of America? And the answer is no. Absolutely 100% not. For starters, Barbie is unmarried and has this whole mad love affair with Ken. Next Barbie is a slut. She wears revealing clothes and is portrayed as scandalous. In addition to this, she is has an unreal body. Finally, she is white.
Barbie is not okay at all because this is what we give our children to play with. Therefore, from the time they are little and playing with dolls they are being fed false information. They are subconsciously thinking that all of these things are quote on quote "normal", "okay", and "acceptable". Barbie becomes an icon of what children should look like, she is appealing because she is "beautiful" but how many people really look like that? We are setting our kids up for failure and doing a shitty job as parents if we continue to support this because this is not how we want America to be seen as.
Also, last time I checked America is not simply made up of white people. Therefore, why is Barbie only white? Again, we are already imbedding racism in our children's heads from the time they were little. This is one of the many reasons as to why we struggle as country so much. People don't understand the total effects these small things have on our nation.
Yes our nation has gotten better, and we are trying to move in the right direction and make change. Apparently they are making different color Barbie's, which helps the racism part. However, your telling me there going to make fat Barbie's? Absolutely not. It is just something that won't happen because they simply will not sell. Fat does not appeal to people whether one is fat or not. This is because of this ideal body that is seen to be as perfect.
Chapter 23 Visual Sources:
I liked the visual source 23.1 because it really helped me put things into perspective. It is one to thing to hear and to be aware of all the injustices that are taking place around the world. But it is different when you see it. When you see a picture like this one, it really becomes serial. I can only imagine how miserable it would be to work in a place like this. It makes me sad to think that even though our world has come so far, these wrongs are still taking place. It also makes me mad to no end that wealthier countries (like us) take advantage of these third world countries in order to save money. That is something I just do not understand and will never.
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