Thursday, February 7, 2013

Non-fiction Blogpost


I recently read an article called, "San Diego Family Slaps Disneyland With
Charges of Racism, Say 'White Rabbit' Character Shunned Their Kids
Because They Are Black" on 'NYDailyNews.com'. This is article is about how the 'White Rabbit' character from, 'Alice In Wonderland', basically shunned the black children but then showed lots of affection towards 2 white children who walked up to the character moments later. 


According to this article, Disneyland offered the family VIP passes in
return for a signed settlement but the family had refused because the kids were really upset of the character's actions. Jason Black, the age of 6, had said that he wanted to hug the White Rabbit 'character' but "he turned his back". The author wants us to first know about the situation and what seems wrong and right here. The author does this by giving us direct quotes from an interview with the Blacks family. Quotes such as; "There were two other kids that came up and the rabbit showered them, hugged them, kissed them, posed with them, meanwhile that made my kids feel horrible," Jason Black Sr said. 


The author wants me to feel bad and to think of how many racist people
 are out there by informing us on this incident. I feel that it's not fair that people are treated horribly because of their skin color and racial differences. It's horrible to neglect children because of their race & skin color, and then shower another child with lots of affection (whose most likely the same race you are). It's not right, because it just adds another problem to the long list of issues of society today. I believe that this employee should be fired, and Disneyland should give a public apology because it's simply not right to treat a child like this because of racial differences.

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