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==Plot==
 
==Plot==
Mickey finds an African boy in the delivered box of bananas. The boy doesn’t understand Mickey’s lifestyle and gets into trouble by his careless behavior. He breaks stuff like radio, because all he knows is how to hunt, eat or worship. When he meets Goofy he drops down to the floor and bows, but then run back to take his spear. The boy seems “dumb”, with not enough knowledge to understand basic behaviors.
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Mickey got a package from Africa, the box contain a lot of bananas and a boy! Mickey tries to understand the situation but the boy can't even talk. But somehow the boy resembles someone Mickey known in the past, Friday. The boy doesn’t understand Mickey’s lifestyle and gets into trouble by his careless behavior. He breaks stuff like radio, because all he knows is how to hunt, eat or worship. When he meets Goofy he drops down to the floor and bows, but then run back to take his spear. The boy seems “dumb”, with not enough knowledge to understand basic behaviors.
  
Mickey says: “Poor little guy! He just makes mistakes. He doesn’t know any better. I’ll just have to be patient and teach him the right way to do things”
 
  
There is also another quote which seems questionable…
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When Thursday encountered with Minnie, Minnie was very terrified and asked Mickey to call the police. But instead of calling the police Mickey said "He is not dangerous, he's just primitive.". "He's brother sent him from Africa to be educated", Mickey explained to Minnie. "But you don't want to keep a savage your home"
  
“Let me see. A genuine African native,” Mickey murmured. “Perhaps I should start showing him off.”
 
  
When Thursday encountered with Minnie, Minnie was very terrified and asked Mickey to call the police. But instead of calling the police Mickey said "He is not dangerous, he's just primitive.". "He's brother sent him from Africa to be educated", Mickey explained to Minnie. "But you don't want to keep a savage your home"
 
  
"What a queer little fellow he was. Mickey could hardly keep from laughing"
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==The Controversy==
The boy physical appearance described "arms and legs were short, his hands and bare feet were enormous. His stomach, big and round as butterball, skirted by a fringe of grass, and he wore two wide, gold bracelets, earrings, and a necklace of white bones."
 
  
==The Controversy==
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How the African boy described in the story:<br>
In 1948 Disney published a kids book called “Mickey Mouse and the boy Thursday”. Mickey finds an African boy in the delivered box of bananas. The boy doesn’t understand Mickey’s lifestyle and gets into trouble by his careless behaviour. He breaks stuff like radio, because all he knows is how to hunt, eat or worship. When he meets Goofy he drops down to the floor and bows, but then run back to take his spear. The boy seems “dumb”, with not enough knowledge to understand basic behaviours.
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"What a queer little fellow he was. ''Mickey could hardly keep from laughing''". Uhm but laughing at other appearance is not cool.<br>
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The boy physical appearance described "arms and legs were short, ''his hands and bare feet were enormous''. His stomach, big and round as butterball, skirted by a fringe of grass, and he wore two wide, gold bracelets, earrings, and a necklace of white bones." This clearly stereotyping for African.
  
Mickey says: “Poor little guy! He just makes mistakes. He doesn’t know any better. I’ll just have to be patient and teach him the right way to do things”
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Mickey says: “Poor little guy! He just makes mistakes. He doesn’t know any better. I’ll just have to be patient and teach him the right way to do things”<br>
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There is also another quote which seems questionable.<br>
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“Let me see. A genuine African native,” Mickey murmured. “Perhaps I should start showing him off.”
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Indeed the 40s were a different time to what we have now, however this book was the suppose to be showing tolerance and not stereotyping ethnic.
  
There is also another quote which seems questionable…
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When Thursday encountered with Minnie, Minnie was very terrified and asked Mickey to call the police. But instead of calling the police Mickey said "He is not dangerous, he's just ''primitive''.". "He's brother sent him from Africa to be educated", Mickey explained to Minnie. "But you don't want to keep a ''savage'' your home". Totally racist description for African, primitive and barbaric.
  
“Let me see. A genuine African native,” Mickey murmured. “Perhaps I should start showing him off.
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Thursday wreaks so much barbaric havoc in Mickey's life that he decides to sell him ("a real wild man!") to the circus for free. Ah, of course: that cornerstone of childhood happiness also dabbles in a little human trafficking.<ref>Mokoena, Tshepo. [http://dontpaniconline.com/magazine/film/is-disney-racist IS DISNEY RACIST?], Don't Panic, April 22, 2011. Retrieved January 8, 2021.</ref>
Indeed the 40s were a different time to what we have now, however this book was the suppose to be showing tolerance.. I’m not sure if that’s the outcome!
 
  
 
==External Link==
 
==External Link==

Revision as of 13:51, 9 January 2021

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Mickey Mouse and the Boy Thursday is a book by Walt Disney and Company, Published by Whitman Publishing Co., at 1948. The book featuring Mickey Mouse and tells the story about Mickey Mouse encounter with an African Boy.


https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/Mickey_Mouse_and_the_Boy_Thursday

https://darksideofdisney.wordpress.com/racial-representation-stereotypes/mickey-mouse-and-the-boy-called-thursday/

Plot

Mickey got a package from Africa, the box contain a lot of bananas and a boy! Mickey tries to understand the situation but the boy can't even talk. But somehow the boy resembles someone Mickey known in the past, Friday. The boy doesn’t understand Mickey’s lifestyle and gets into trouble by his careless behavior. He breaks stuff like radio, because all he knows is how to hunt, eat or worship. When he meets Goofy he drops down to the floor and bows, but then run back to take his spear. The boy seems “dumb”, with not enough knowledge to understand basic behaviors.


When Thursday encountered with Minnie, Minnie was very terrified and asked Mickey to call the police. But instead of calling the police Mickey said "He is not dangerous, he's just primitive.". "He's brother sent him from Africa to be educated", Mickey explained to Minnie. "But you don't want to keep a savage your home"


The Controversy

How the African boy described in the story:
"What a queer little fellow he was. Mickey could hardly keep from laughing". Uhm but laughing at other appearance is not cool.
The boy physical appearance described "arms and legs were short, his hands and bare feet were enormous. His stomach, big and round as butterball, skirted by a fringe of grass, and he wore two wide, gold bracelets, earrings, and a necklace of white bones." This clearly stereotyping for African.

Mickey says: “Poor little guy! He just makes mistakes. He doesn’t know any better. I’ll just have to be patient and teach him the right way to do things”
There is also another quote which seems questionable.
“Let me see. A genuine African native,” Mickey murmured. “Perhaps I should start showing him off.” Indeed the 40s were a different time to what we have now, however this book was the suppose to be showing tolerance and not stereotyping ethnic.

When Thursday encountered with Minnie, Minnie was very terrified and asked Mickey to call the police. But instead of calling the police Mickey said "He is not dangerous, he's just primitive.". "He's brother sent him from Africa to be educated", Mickey explained to Minnie. "But you don't want to keep a savage your home". Totally racist description for African, primitive and barbaric.

Thursday wreaks so much barbaric havoc in Mickey's life that he decides to sell him ("a real wild man!") to the circus for free. Ah, of course: that cornerstone of childhood happiness also dabbles in a little human trafficking.[1]

External Link

Read the book online here

References

  1. Mokoena, Tshepo. IS DISNEY RACIST?, Don't Panic, April 22, 2011. Retrieved January 8, 2021.