Michael S. Pascua The Life of a Freelancer

The Disney Princess Back of the Bus

One day while traversing the mall last year I took a normal everyday stop at the Disney Store. I really don’t care of the fact that I’m a little older then their target demographic, I like Disney. And their clearance section is a great place. When I got past the front of the store, I realized that they placed a line of princess dolls in the front for all the girls to see. It was a little messed up though. Here was the layout:

Front-half (the side you see just walking past the store):

Cinderella

Snow White

Aurora (Sleeping Beauty )

Belle (Beauty & The Beast)

The Back-half:

The Little Mermaid

Jasmine

Pocahontas

Mulan

Esmeralda (Hunchback)

I turned to Eric and pointed it out. This certain Disney store in the middle of New York State was partially racist. They placed all the white princesses in the front and all the other princesses in the back. He laughed.

Now you may be saying, it’s just a space/popularity thing. First off, in the Pallisades mall at the time, they had a wall of princess dolls, arranged with all the princesses left to right with no real order. You’re also not going to tell me with the DVD release of The Little Mermaid just recently released at that point they weren’t going to advertise her in the front.

I find it kind of funny and sad that the Native American, Arabian, Asian, Gypsy, and Mermaid are all in the back of the aforementioned display. Are all the white princesses too good for the others? What ever happened to that “Burger King” overtly multicultural idea that emerged in the ‘90s? You know like Captain Planet and Power Rangers? I guess this store at the mall was a little racist.

Just a little.

About Michael

Michael is normally known as "Paz" but not usually as Mike. He likes reality television, all forms of music, and long walks (but not necessarily on the beach).