Monday, December 19, 2011

Dear Disney,

Recently I had the chance to see certain shows of yours . Jessie and Phineas & Ferb and I would like to ask you that why is that every character who belongs to a certain ethnic group speaks with an accent? Particularly the Indians? I mean the character of Baljeet who belongs to Indian descent and is great at maths and algebra and has a tendency to get good grades? I mean really? Doesn't that sounds a little like  a stereotypical image of Indians?

Now i am by no chance an Indian, but i detest stereotypes with a passion and one thing that i have noticed in your shows is that they are full of stereotypes. I mean why can't there be an Indian character in your show who is great with writing? or is a total idiot, instead of making him good with maths why can't make him good at English and would you please for fuck's sake stop using your typical Indian accent? Because not every Indian speaks like the way Baljeet in Phineas & Ferb or Ravi in Jessie speaks.

I don't know what is your point of these shows anyway but even if you are making shows like these, at least try to give a proper and more positive message about people from different ethnic groups. Some of my younger cousins think that all Indians speak like Baljeet and that they are good in maths and that's just my cousin.

I know that this blog will probably won't ever bee read by any employee of Disney and i don't care, but if any of you end up reading it, you should be ashamed of yourself for promoting stereotypes.