Just came back from seeing the new Disney movie ZOOTOPIA

[xiphias]

Three thoughts:
1. The city of Zootopia was probably designed to make a pretty cool ride at the parks.
2. Disney, once again, makes a family movie, not a children's movie. That is, it's not written for children alone. It's written for adults, AND written for children.
3. This is a movie about intersectionality, and how different forms of racism can interact, and people who are discriminated against in one arena may nonetheless themselves discriminate against other people -- even if they themselves are good people. That racism isn't something that only bad people do -- it's something that good people internalize without even knowing it, and have to work very hard to deal with.

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[hillarygayle.livejournal.com]

I saw the very same stuff in this movie. What gives me hope is that my (very conservative) family all took their kids to see it and they all loved it, and my family all loved it as well. Not a single problem with the material, whereas if I went on a Facebook soapbox about intersectionality and oppression, they would vehemently disagree with everything I said. A spoonful of sugar, as Mrs. Poppins says.