For decades, Disney has been the source of happy endings, fairy tales, and family stories for children of all ages. These stories range from realistic and familiar to eye-catching magical fairy tales. The key to each of these stories is the happy endings brought about by each character's unique personalities and dreams. Disney films attempt to provide children with a basic understanding of evil versus good, but instead they influence the beliefs and consciousness of our society. Although Disney's efforts to convey basic moral principles to our children are misleading and strongly affect our society, they also contain the use of racism in a form that shows the major differences between the characters. Once admired and well-known figures seem to be recognized by their species, ethnicity, and even social class. Disney films were taken out of context and persuaded their viewers to understand racial stereotypes, which are explained in detail in Henry Giroux and Grace Pollock's novel, The Mouse That Roared. They raise awareness of the racial stereotypes underlying Disney films, which profoundly affect the understanding of our societies today. Giroux and Pollock make these admired and regularly watched films perceived through specific examples and a racist interpretation of the specific species and ethnic groups of the characters which strongly influence our society and lead children to suffer these negative influences. Due to Disney's immense recognition through films, every film produced by Disney will be reviewed by millions of people. Giroux points out that underlying racial stereotypes in the form of forced labor are easily seen in Disney's Dumbo. According to Nelson, racist stereotypes reveal...... middle of paper ...... To counteract these negative interpretations, Disney produced a film in 2009, The Frog Princess, which featured Disney's first African-American princess . . The degree of racism can vary from person to person, but only we get to choose whether we like watching a movie or not. Although the production of the Disney film The Frog Princess is a huge step forward in showing the equality of all cultures and ethnicities. , this simply shows that racial components that were once overlooked by most parents and children are now the subject of widespread controversy. Giroux explains in detail the effect of Disney films on youth: "Rather, they emphasize the need to meaningfully and rigorously address the role of fantasy, desire and innocence to secure particular ideological interests, legitimize relationships specific social conditions and provide the content of public memory” (Giroux 132).