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Welcome to the Family Madrigal, everyone. Encanto, Disney’s newest animated film has taken the world by storm. Released at the end of 2021, the plot and music from the movie continue to dominate the internet, where a sea of Encanto content remains never-ending. In particular, the film has had a large cultural impact on members of the POC and Latinx community due to its representation of a wide variety of skin colors and hair textures. Many people were ecstatic to see themselves reflected on the big screen for the first time, such as this little boy who was thrilled to see that he looked just like Antonio Madrigal.
On Aug. 9, 2021, McDonald’s uploaded a brand new advertisement to their YouTube channel. This advertisement featured the extremely popular African-American rapper Saweetie announcing that she was partnering with McDonald’s to sell what she called “The Saweetie Meal.” She then showed off a variety of ways that she would customize the various items included in the meal, such as placing the meal’s fries on her Big Mac, or topping those fries with the meal’s Chicken McNuggets. The ad ends with her encouraging viewers to order ahead on the McDonald’s app, while sounds similar to her hip-hop music played well into the outro.
I am a young Black woman who was born and raised here in the United States. From an early age, I always paid close attention in my history classes and took good notes, and it’s because of this that I know the following truth: Attacks against our democracy are far from new.
Lil Nas X, depicted center, walks down a hallway flanked by backup dancers in his music video Industry Baby, From Old Town Road to Montero: What the meteoric rise of Lil Nas X reveals about the current state of homophobia in the Black community: