1. African Americans in The Lion King
... of television on minority children. In 1974, Aimee Leifer, Neal J. Gordon, and Sherryl Graves wrote an article suggesting that children will change their attitudes about people and activities in order to reflect those portrayed in television programs. Thus, children who view negative portrayals of characters enhanced by character accents, will not only be thoroughly entertained by such portrayals, but come ... setting in Africa, the hyena's segregation mimics Apartheid South Africa. While there are no specific references that depict this parallel, the film still reinforces the idea that s...
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