Over the weekend I watched a children’s animated movie) about a Sea Monster hunting vessel . It was entitled the Sea Beast.
A child, dreaming of adventure on the high seas, is a stowaway on this ship. During a battle with one of these monsters, the child as well as the 1st mate she has become friends with get washed overboard. They are swallowed by the sea creature, much like a ‘Jonah in the Whale’ scenario, and are taken to the beast’s island.
Over time, they befriend Red (one of the names given this creature). As she and the 1st mate are completing their journey home, compliments of the sea monster, the child realizes the truth.
And the truth is: The history of the empire is a sham and a lie; the Sea Beast is a loving, caring creature; children are the wisest of us all. To add to the insult, the child is one of very few depicted in the story of being a person of color. Virtually everyone in the empire is White as are almost all of the members of the ship’s crew.
Within 20 minutes, the animation went from being an enjoyable child’s film to a complete indoctrination piece, subverting many to subconsciously embrace ‘White Priviliege’ existing and its history is based on lies and what the kingdom called monsters are really loving and as friends. As a result, the kingdom must be destroyed in its current form so the beast (the Red Menace – Socialism – Communism) can take its place.
It was masterfully done, marketing to the naïve and innocent while teaching them to distrust the nation’s history and its institutions.
What I realized more than anything is such sales pitches are so interwoven into society today it may take a couple of generations to be educated before America’s liberty and freedom being such a thing of rarity and beauty it should not have been thrown on the ash heap of history, but daily relished and uplifted, thanking God for our many blessings.
