Cartoons and race: Hegemony and the normalization of racial types
We now take a close look at one particular form of popular culture: childrens cartoons. Cartoons become of interest to examine because, for one thing, they constitute a unique form of imaginative representation. They are a form of popular culture conventionally associated with fantasy and make-believe, and thereby aimed at children. But this element of fantasy is what becomes of interest when make-believe becomes an obstacle to careful scrutiny. We are not supposed to pay critical attention to fantasy precisely because it is present as only make-believe. The understanding so often is that we see these things as just entertainment. But, of course, the imagined draws upon and reflects social realities, which is precisely what is argued by the Gooding-Williams reading for this section. The normalization of ideas, which then leads to the normalization, and acceptance, of certain forms of social hierarchy and political order.
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