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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes, and is your daughter told that she can't be Elsa because her skin, hair, and eye color are not the same as Elsa?  Anyways, I realize some people can't fathom the comments people make, particularly in all white communities.
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Lots of girls require Elsa be base on "proper" hair color. You think that's racist?[/quote]

Unless you've grown up literally *never* being allowed to be whatever the current most popular character is since s/he *never* looks like you, you apparently can't understand why, yes, there is subtle discrimination in not allowing the non-white girl (or non-blond girl) to be Elsa.  My guess is that whomever gets to be Elsa still deviates from how she looks in the movie...but kids just focus on skin and hair color since they internalize the message that these things are more important.  Unless parents intervene and teach their kids that it's not about Elsa's appearance, it's about her personality and capabilities, non-white girls will be relegated to a childhood of always being a sidekick.[/quote]

OMG, kids are concrete thinkers. This is 2nd grade not sophomore year in college Sociology class…. Likely they would also tell a boy that he could not " be Elsa" would that make them homophobic or insensitive to Transgender kids ?

Better question is : WHY do you want your daughter to feel like she can be Elsa so damn bad???[/quote]

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