Matt Villarreal Rockler WM Grp. 3 Pg. 19

In this article my section concludes that these certain individuals who made up the white class didn’t even seem to notice the problems of minorities in "The Lion King". The white males that were asked if they could identify with Simba all agreed to it. “Hey Simba, that’s me” (Rockler  19), some of the interviewees explained. It was easy to identify themselves as a character that had success and no problems because they do not have these types of outstanding problems that minorities face in today’s society. These white males didn’t even notice these issues were there. They could point out that they had no urge to compare themselves to the hyenas, this meaning that they felt that they would never downgrade themselves to be a part of a character that isn’t liked.  This shows how white supremacy can go without even being noticed, it is just the way they were trained to receive communicative messages, but once they figured out that this story had a symbolic meaning through Newberger’s article, they immediately didn’t agree with her. “If we were put in that situation, maybe a lot of these things would stand out a lot more” (Rockler  19), this quote goes to prove that these are not issues they are faced with, so they have no reason to identify themselves with them. I agree with Rockler's analysis, because why would a person notice a problem that they haven’t dealt with. One wouldn’t sympathize with a character that hasn’t gone through anything that they themselves have gone through. However, this doesn’t mean that they do not have to have sympathy for one who does have these types of problems. Once someone is aware of these issues then they have the right to care, which is where the real issue lies. This isn't something an everyday average person would come to conclude, these types of scholarly analysis' take time to develop with a deep education which Rockler concludes that we as American's aren't receiving in our education system. This I can agree with, because I was not introduced to any of these analytical devices to apply to any sort of popular culture until I began my communication studies in college.