So far, for me, I wouldn’t use it because even if the same stereotypes don’t come to mind for you that do for me, they might come to mind for someone in your audience. “I’m just trying to see how it could be racist. And you know I’m not reflexively ‘pc’ either.” I’m not trying to find a way to defend your boss’s claim. It’s a useful image because just about everyone knows what they look like.” So far, I don’t see anything wrong with saying ‘sombrero’ when I’m talking about condoms. “Okay, well, maybe it’s not racist to say ‘sombrero’ then.” I mean, I’m seventeen, so I’m not much older than these kids.” Do you think it does that for your audience too?” The word ‘sombrero’ brings that image to mind, and the stereotype of Mexicans as lazy. So, does the image of a sombrero bring those associations to mind for your audience? I mean, when I was a kid, we had this kind of cartoon image of a Mexican person taking a siesta under a huge, cartoonish sombrero. “Well, that’s true, but I bet these kids have common stereotypes in their heads about Mexicans.” It’s just common knowledge, you know? A sombrero is just a hat.
“Well, how do they know that? Wouldn’t they get those ideas from movies, and TV shows? Maybe from their textbooks too.” “So you said most or all of the kids will easily know what a sombrero looks like.” I wasn’t sure myself that “sombrero” in this situation is racist, and if it is, just why that’s so. In fact, I’ve never heard Terry describe anything as “politically correct.” So I knew she wasn’t just saying that her boss was being “pc,” and over sensitive, and brushing off her claim about the word “sombrero.” Terry really wanted to figure out HOW using “sombrero” in a presentation on sexual awareness is racist. That is, she’s not one to throw around charges of “political correctness” when people claim that something is racist. I know Terry well, so I know that she cares and thinks about these things in a deeper way than most white Americans do. So, you’re asking me if I think that’s racist too?” But I don’t get how comparing a condom that looks the way it should to a sombrero is racist. But I’m not a kid anymore, like the ones you’re presenting to. But a sombrero IS a Mexican hat, isn’t it? And most people know what it looks like, right?” I mean, I get that a sombrero is a Mexican thing, and a beanie isn’t racial or ethnic. So my boss says, ‘We really need to stop saying sombrero, and we need to come up with some other description.’” It gets that shape because there’s supposed to be more air left at the end, right?” So, we always say it should look like a sombrero, instead of a beanie.”
“Well, when we’re explaining how to use a condom, we’re supposed to describe the shape it should have when you first put it on.
“I definitely try to be careful about anything even potentially racial when I’m presenting,” Terry said, “but then our boss said something that seemed to me like just, too much.” She had a complaint about her boss to ask me about, since she knows I write this blog.
She’s part of a team that visits local high schools, in pairs or individually, to do presentations on sexual health and awareness. That’s not to say that there isn’t plenty of kids content on Netflix but with the withdrawal of PBS and Nickelodeon content in recent years, there’s certainly a hole that needs to be filled.Yesterday I was talking to a young woman - I’ll call her Terry - about her current part-time job. Fingers crossed nothing else will be shifting in the coming months or even better, Netflix pulls out its wallet and buys up another show. The show is no doubt another massive blow to the Netflix lineup as it was considered among the best shows in the Netflix kids lineup. Not only will the previous 9 seasons of Curious George be leaving Netflix, all future episodes including specials and movies will also bypass Netflix as they’re included in the deal also.
In an interview with Variety, senior VP of content said that “Curious George is one of the most beloved characters in kids’ programming and we are delighted to bring the TV series to Hulu,” and added “As we continue to add the best of premium television to our service, this partnership represents both an expansion and a commitment to our kids and family offering.”
The show has also enjoyed a movie released in recent years too. The modern animation series began in 2006 with Universal Animation Studios at the helm of the iconic monkey that was made popular during the 1980’s.