Here is the need-to-know info about the Barbie movie Smallpox joke and why it has been controversial and offensive.
had on Indigenous people, has been met with a lot of criticism. While Barbie turned out to be a great cinematic event that delivered strong messaging and punchlines, one of its attempts at “witty humor” has drawn a bit of controversy. Here’s all you need to know about the smallpox gag in Barbie and the debate that surrounds it.In the film’s third act, we see Ken take over Barbieland using the concept of patriarchy, which he picked from the real world.
“Oh my god! This is like in the 1500s with the Indigenous people and smallpox. They had no defenses against it!”She compares the whole situation at Barbieland to how the Native people living in North America died because they weren’t immune to infectious diseases that the colonists brought with them. This supposed quip has proven to be unpleasant for many because it compares the structural oppression of Kens to the genocide of indigenous people.
“As an Indigenous man, I found the comment to be out of place,” Schilling writes. “It’s inappropriate to compare the deaths of Indigenous people who contracted smallpox, to Barbies under the influence of Kens.”by Yuè Begay on the same matter also went viral. The Indigenous and trans scholar tweeted:
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