(4.) Though this group of children, almost all of whom were White, did not live near a large Native American population and probably had had little if any personal interaction with American Indians, they all had internalized an image of what Indians were like. How did they know? Cartoon images, in particular the Disney movie Peter Pan, were cited by the children as their number-one source of information. At the age of three, these children already had a set of stereotypes in place. Though I would not describe three-year-olds as prejudiced, the stereotypes to which they have been exposed become the foundation for the adult prejudices so many of us have.
I annotated this paragraph by circling and underlining anything that I thought was interesting or worth a second look later on. I also marked sentences or phrases that I agreed with and had a strong opinion on. I believe that this paragraph shows how cartoons and movies also give little kids false images of certain racial groups., whether it be Peter Pan or Pocahontas. The children themselves may not be prejudiced, or know know about racism at all, but they have already formed prejudiced stereotypes with the help of biased cartoons.
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