Swedish Children’s Movies “Too White”
Source: swedenreport.org
Sweden has made it a point of pride to lead the way in the holy crusade for political correctness, with special attention being paid to the proper indoctrination of the country’s children.
Last month I wrote about the government-mandated “gender-adjusted” history books coming soon. The minister of education, Gustav Fridolin, simply summoned the major school book publishers to declare that they had to adjust their books to fit the correct doctrine rather than be held back by petty details like hard facts. With the government being their primary customer, the publishers were giddy with excitement and enthusiasm.
Prior to that you may have seen the odd note about the traditional Swedish children’s books being censored. Pippi Longstocking’s father is no longer an African king (colonialism!) and Peter-no-tail has had any references to race edited out, to mention a few of the internationally known titles affected by the inquisition.
Now the turn has come for Swedish children’s movies to get whipped into politically correct shape. And what better way to do this than to appoint a children’s movie czar? Seriously. The tax-funded Film Institute has appointed radical leftist Suzanne Osten to oversee the distribution of grants that are a necessity for most movies produced in Sweden (with less than 10 million Swedish speakers, the market for domestically produced children’s movies is so tiny practically all are dependent on grants and freebies in some form).
Suzanne Osten
Osten states that she thinks the vast majority of today’s children’s movies are vapid family entertainment without a “proper” child’s perspective. Thus, she is fully intent on bringing “quality” to the medium. Specifically, she wants to see less white faces on the screen, since most of the actors in Swedish movies are – and this is absolutely true – lily-white. Imagine that! So is the general population, but that is beside the point.
Well, I for one am glad know that yet another ham-fisted government lackey is going to get involved in the proper upbringing of the kids. And who knew that skin pigmentation, in and by itself, was such a boost to overall quality?
Denzel Washington is one of my favorite actors. I always gave him credit for, well, being a good actor, but I can see now that he had nothing to do with it, since it was all thanks to his skin. The things you learn in this enlightened country!
A great actor. But the credit isn’t his own, apparently.
But what I really can’t wait for is Osten and her cadre to lecture China or India on their shameful lack of diversity in domestically produced movies.
Source: swedenreport.org
Editor's Note: One of the "problematic" movies discussed has been "Sune i fjällen" (Sune in the mountains). It depicts and all White Swedish family. See below:
This "movie version" of an all White Swedish family is clearly a "social construct," since it was recently declared that race doesn't exist according to Swedish legislation.
It's also been several cerebral "debates" in gov. subsidized press that Swedishness doesn't exist. (Except when it's used to determine what horrible racists Swedes are).
Wait I'm confused, why then does this biological non-reality of this "sci-fi movie scenario" of an all White Swedish family even matter?
Eh, it doesn't matter - don't focus on the details. The problem is that the majority population in Sweden is clearly over represented in their own films that is funded and made by and for them. It's a major problem. Something needs to be done about it. But it doesn't matter what skin color you are. Unless you have White Privilege or if there are too many White Swedes congregating in the same area, at the same time, in their own country. How dare White people predominate in a Scandinavian country!
Here is a recognition of the "problem with Whiteness" from within the Social Democratic party:
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