Juan Salazar Lopez Dr. Hodges Ethnicity 107 20 May 2024 Final: Analysis and Decolonization Currently, the lives of millions around the world are in decay as they choose to satisfy a system that oppresses them by denying and changing themselves, which has resulted in an inferiority complex. To investigate, analyze, and uncover the truth regarding the unjust system of the beauty industry, which is currently affecting both men and women, I will cover and use various sources that were given in the form of assigned class content. Such as the video "Unpacking The Racist Reponses to The Little Mermaid - Between The Scenes | The Daily Show" by Trevor Noah, a prominent and well-known comedian, the decolonization slides/video, "Decolonization" by Dr.Hodges,…show more content… There's a crab that is going to talk, and you're worried about this element?" (Noah, 2022, 2:37 - 2:53) In addition to this, he later remarked that this isn't the only film in the world and that there isn't only one method of storytelling; films don't always need to incorporate white people as they can be about anyone, anything, stories are meant to unite many and represent many more, "It's like there's one movie in the world and there's one story and this is the only way you can tell it. There are many, calm down" (Noah, 2022, 3:44 - 3:49). Lastly, but most importantly, this connects significantly to the assigned page module in the course, "Decolonization," by Dr. Hodges, our professor, as she covered what the movie, "Black Panther," managed to accomplish, which is what the "Little Mermaid" aimed to do. She states, "This is immense joy, and there's probably so many other words you can describe this picture alone, about her emotion watching her people, in a sense, right?" Hodges, 2024, 6:45 - 6:55. This is what movies should be about: bringing joy and, most notably, getting a community together and representing them effectively, which matters most, not the skin color of someone and who is an actor in
