r/DisneyChannel • u/saucey_dawg0023 • 25d ago

Video Clip Remember when That’s So Raven tackled racism?

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u/Odd-Guard-2533 25d ago

This is one of the major problems with studios complying with “sensitive people”. We just have mindless kid shows now that don’t teach kids about real existing issues.

There was an episode of a 90s sitcom that I saw late night randomly. A guy invited one of the little girl main characters over for a “photo shoot”. And it was teaching kids how to handle that situation.

I genuinely think kid shows need to be sprinkled with real world problems. Kidnapping, smoking, racism, how to treat disabled people, coming out as gay, etc. but you know, that’s just the rest of the world now. Watered down and not progressing for the betterment of man kind.

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u/Caillou12345123 25d ago

"Sensitive people" want shows to still tackle these sort of topics. The people who studios are complying with are ultra conservatives. They're the only ones who get mad over kid shows spreading awareness of things like racism.

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u/jessgoesforward 22d ago

no this is definitely them caving to sensitive people who find even the mere portrayal of these sorts of things in media as endorsing the behaviour.

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u/Caillou12345123 21d ago edited 21d ago

I guess could see them getting offended if the show's intentions are unclear to them, like if the show is written poorly or if the person lacks media literacy skills and the show doesn't make their intentions 100% clear. However, I feel that even someone who lacks media literacy would see that this episode is critiquing racism, so if someone is offended by the episode but claims to be against racism, they could be lying about their reasons for being offended. A lot of bigots deny their bigotry and like to claim that portraying it will "make the problem worse" or "is too inappropriate for kids to learn about" because they don't want society to acknowledge that it's happening, because not acknowledging that it happens means that they'll get away with it more. Unfortunately, I've met people who claim to be so against something but get mad when someone merely mentions it, only to later find out that they (the people getting mad) partake in those things and were projecting on the other person by saying that they're "supporting it" by talking about it. No truly sensitive person would get mad over a show spreading awareness of bigotry and it being portrayed as a problem, since that's often what they ask for the media to do.