The white sidekick being more popular than the black heroine

Comic relief characters are frequently favorites.

Furthermore, on the White Savior topic, Disney sidekicks almost always either get the main character into trouble or out of it. Timon and Pumbaa save Simba from death in the desert, the Genie saves Aladdin from the Cave of Wonders and drowning, Roquefort frees Duchess and her kittens from a trunk, Jaq and Gus deliver the key to Cinderella, the seven dwarfs bring about the death of the queen; if all of these protagonists were black and the sidekicks white, someone would be calling them White Saviors.

That aside, Charlotte didn't even save Tiana and Naveen. They basically saved themselves.

^^lol preach it man!
wztch her come back and say thats not enough, white privilge blah blah..

You're hideous and sexy!

I get really annoyed whenever a person throws in an entire group of people to prove a weak point. The reason black people have their own channels were because there weren't hardly any of them on tv at the time due to discrimination. MTV really took a successful risk by playing Micheal Jackson's music videos because the young fans wanted that and I commend them for breaking that barrier.

NAACP is an organization that helps ALL people nowadays. I mean, if it were the 1960s...I would say that it was only for blacks, but believe it or not white, brown, red, etc people are a part of the group as well. Might not be a lot, but they are there. Wish it was like that for the KKK...not really...

The reason for affirmative action goes back to discrimination from work, schools. (another reason that there are all black schools *that whites and other non blacks attend believe it or not*) But not all black students want to attend all black schools and sometimes there were unfair treatment. There were blacks who were definitely qualified for a job only to have their applications and resumes thrown away simply for the color of their skin.

There were (and still are) a lot of people who are afraid of change and feel threatened so the backwards Jim Crow laws, voting laws, interracial marriage laws and bad laws in general from the past came into effect unfortunately which led to all black organizations, schools, work. It was sad that there were people who couldn't stand seeing black politicians, black voters, black business owners. The small percentage of ignorant poor whites (not all whites were that way whether whatever class they were in) but those few who couldn't stand seeing that raised hell and that of course formed Jim Crow laws which got rid of the black rights. Thank goodness laws like Jim Crow are banish and unconstitutional so that's the end of that. (But you have to be blind or deaf if you're not aware of the small percentage of crazies running around simply because the US president is half black. Those crazy racists. lol. Not talking about the people who disagree with his politics either.)

Ignorance is the reason for affirmative action, colleges, tv stations, magazines for blacks (and even latinos and asians)! Not saying that the other magazines don't feature people of color. Just stating that there's a reason for those magazines.

And from what I've been told and see from the magazines (African American in particular) is to show America and the world the positive (and realistic) side of blacks. Family, love, music...

And as for the Disney movie. It isn't a black movie. Its a family movie just as Beauty And The Beast, Aladdin, Snow White...I don't see black people complaining about racism as you stated in your post. I see the OP stating their opinion, not the entire black people.

It isn't as if this stuff was handed to blacks. That's what I got that from your post, alboz11. If it isn't what you meant then I apologize in advance since I will most likely not return to this topic.

I'm not trying to start any trouble here. Like you I'm stating my opinion and what I learned from people and history books, videos. And this may not have anything to do with the topic, but I had to state my response/opinion.

PS...Charlotte was definitely not the popular one from the movie. Ray was(at least second to Tiana and Naveen! Not everyone even knows who Charlotte's name is...just the friend of Princess Tiana.


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Which "black tv stations" are you referring to? The one owned by a white man, which frequently shows crappy TV that sets back the accomplishments of blacks like Rosa Parks by about 30 years? Black magazines? Like Essence, which is again owned by a white man? Affirmative action? Lmao, white women benefit from it more than any other group does, and yes they are considered minorities.
Black colleges? They are in steady decline, and they also have non-blacks enrolled. I know, what a shocker!


You can't be this dense, so I'm going to assume you're a piss-poor troll. :)

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^ I agree.

Sidekicks are always more "fun", 'cause they don't have to be the main character, who goes through the "big" changes, etc.. Main characters usually have to be more "middle of the road". Sidekicks have the freedom to be more extreme.

It happens on all TV shows and movies.

They didn't even include Charlotte in the Disney princess lineup, something I almost expected them to do, even though she didn't get the prince in the end.

Are you kidding??? Look, I know Charlotte was 'the princess of Madi Gras', but overall she has NO claim to being a princess, let alone sharing that status with ANOTHER girl in the SAME movie!

Heck no. That's never gonna happen in a Disney film, lol...

One princess per movie. It would be too much, otherwise.

Tumblr is still better than IMDb ibr.

I ship ~~Makorra~~

Harder than Cinderella, the nearly enslaved girl?

The others yes, but they don't work at all (unless you count Ariel working to win Eric's heart) so that isn't a really fair comparison.

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