Your Favorite Movie is Racist
All people are a little racist, all movies are made by people. So... in this series we are taking our favorite movies—and some of these are legit classics—and re-examining them within the context of an evolving world. Will our favorite movies hold up? Miles Kelly, Tawny Ochoa and Chris Paicely find out.
Your Favorite Movie is Racist
THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG | Tiana's Burden
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2 Blacks and a Mexican
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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The Princess and the Frog brought us to the first black Disney princess in Tiana. It marked the end of an era as the studio had already made the leap to computer-generated animation and it was powerful moment in mainstream representation. So how could it be racist? Let's dig into it.
Cold Open & Intro
The greatness of Tiana's story
What's racist about The Princess and the Frog?
Rating The Princess and the Frog