Examples Of Stereotypes In Zootopia

Present-day racism is more insidious as it is reinforced and obscured by a dominant culture that likes to think of itself as post-racial and colorblind. However, this racism is evident even in Disney’s animated film, Zootopia. The focus of the film is the challenge of stereotypes and racial discrimination. Presumably, the binary opposition, predator/prey, in the film is a metaphor compared to black/white in America because of the use of referential elements and the different treatment of race representation. In the film, most of the stereotypes referenced and analogized are most commonly associated with minorities in America; when referring to Nick Wilde, it mainly reflects those associated with African Americans. For example, there is evident