MY DAUGHTER SAYS TIANA'S TOO DARK

This six word card struck me the hardest because of the ideas that race is instilled in children at the earliest of ages. White faces circulate through all types of media and are the most represented. Tiana, Disney's first black princess, was created in order to add diversity and boost black faces in the Disney franchise. It's striking to me that a child recognizes this and comments in such a way because even television and the internet reinforce the "white is right" idea on a daily basis. When children turn on the t.v. and see light faces on Disney or Nickelodeon, with other races vastly underrepresented, they're fed that white is the standard and the natural way and everything else is rare.
This card reminds me of the Barbie doll project where little girls were asked which Barbie, the white or black one, was prettiest and which they would rather play with. Almost all pick the white Barbie as prettier and more fun to play with. It's unfortunate but in daily activities whites are the winners so to speak. And unfortunately, when they're not, like in the case of Miss America, problems occur and some feel as if they've been slighted.
