Race and Diversity of Finding Nemo

1. Race and Diversity of Finding Nemo By Brendan Wood, Pei-Fei Chiu, Victoria Kiarsis, and Jack Durkee

2. Definition and Key Points of Race and Diversity • Definition- To see how race and diversity is portrayed. • Key points- Watch for the accent, body features, attitude, and looks.

3. Example One from Finding Nemo • In “Finding Nemo” many characters have accents that show their diversity • Most characters had American accents • Examples: Bruce and the Nigel had Australian accents and said Australian words like “Sheila” • Shrimp in tank was French, the turtles had “surfer dude” accents, and sword fish were British

4. Example Three • The tank was probably the place where there was the most diversity among characters. • Bloat seemed African-American, Jacque, the shrimp, was most likely French, and the rest of the characters in the tank were American. • Near the end of the movie, there were all those fish that were in a stressed out position. • These fish were sort of like New Yorkers. They were in a “rush hour,” uptight, but they worked well together and they listened well.

5. Example Four • In “ Finding Nemo “ the dentist office had all white people. • The dentist, all the patients and his niece were white • This is extremely racist, considering that there are many African Americans and Chinese that go to dentists office.

6. Closing Key Points • Using this critical lens, you should know that movies usually have a diverse cast of characters and movies use race to define good and bad characters in the movie • When watching a movie, always watch for accents, looks, attitudes, and body features shown in characters of certain roles