Race and Diversity of Finding Nemo

By Brendan Wood, Pei-Fei Chiu, Victoria Kiarsis, and Jack Durkee

Definition and Key Points of Race and Diversity

• Definition- To see how race and diversity is portrayed.

• Key points- Watch for the accent, body features, attitude, and looks.

Example One from Finding Nemo

• In “Finding Nemo” many characters have accents that show their diversity

• Most characters had American accents• Examples: Bruce and the Nigel had

Australian accents and said Australian words like “Sheila”

• Shrimp in tank was French, the turtles had “surfer dude” accents, and sword fish were British

Example Three

• The tank was probably the place where there was the most diversity among characters.

• Bloat seemed African-American, Jacque, the shrimp, was most likely French, and the rest of the characters in the tank were American.

• Near the end of the movie, there were all those fish that were in a stressed out position.

• These fish were sort of like New Yorkers. They were in a “rush hour,” uptight, but they worked well together and they listened well.

Example Four

• In “ Finding Nemo “ the dentist office had all white people.

• The dentist, all the patients and his niece were white

• This is extremely racist, considering that there are many African Americans and Chinese that go to dentists office.

Closing Key Points

• Using this critical lens, you should know that movies usually have a diverse cast of characters and movies use race to define good and bad characters in the movie

• When watching a movie, always watch for accents, looks, attitudes, and body features shown in characters of certain roles