Dreamworks is Racist

Dreamworks is racist. I don't actually believe that, but I think a) I have your attention/you're curious now and b) it's somewhat relevant to the thoughts I'm about to discuss.

Besides the fact that I don't like 3d animation, I don't watch any Dreamworks movies because they are all about white people. Most are about males. What I'm saying is Dreamworks seems capable and/or interested in only telling stories about a white perspective and I'm bored. When I saw trailers for "The Crudes," I was preparing to sigh in disappointment and exhaustion. Then I saw how typical the humor was so I sighed with disappointment and exhaustion twice.

For those of you who believe in science, we know that the first human beings were black. The Crudes are white. Does anyone share my disappointment both for the misrepresentation of science and for a missed and appropriate opportunity to make a black cast? This is America, the big melting pot. It's about time main stream media does something with the other 99 sub-cultures present in America. It's 2013. This is embarrassing.

This is a country full of people who are not white and male, yet, when was the last time you saw a theatrical release about a hero who was anything but? The problem is not obvious to white people, but for everyone else it's a matter of a fish out of water. Imagine looking around your home land and not seeing yourself represented in your overall culture? I can only speculate how this effects others, maybe it causes some people to have difficulty with their self-identity. Maybe it even has the effect of causing some resentment, perpetuating ignorance, and dis-empowering some. At the very least, you can speculate that there are too many people who aren't being acknowledged. I believe this causes issues for everyone. With people continuing to live comfortably with an unchallenged perspective, progressiveness is hindered.

So why is it that Dreamworks can't make a movie about anything but white people? The simplest answer is that the producers, writers and directors of each movie are white and it's difficult to understand, much less take an interest in telling a story from a completely different perspective. The day Dreamworks gets a gay black woman in charge is the day we see something fresh.

Additionally, the free market dictates art. Movies about white stories are so popular because there's an overwhelming market for it. If people wanted to see Green Vacuum Cleaners vs Blue Chairs, we'd have it. Still, Dreamworks broadens no horizons.