This is a touching anaylisis but itâs extremely racist as not only have you completely ignored the whole point of Mauiâs character, but have managed to incriminate a man of color on a tumblr wide scale.
First of all, Mauiâs character does not represent male violenceâit represent human greed. Maui did not take the heart because he is a man, and Te-Fiti is a woman. He took it because the humans asked him to. The humans asked Maui to do everything for them, not caring how greedy or selfish their requests were and in the end it was Maui who suffered for it. Maui is supposed to show the flaw of humanity.
This has nothing to do with sexism, it has everything to do with the fact that Maui gave and gave to the humans who could never stop being greedy. Moana giving the heart back wasnât supposed to be her âmaking upâ for the male violence that Maui represents. It was her making up for the greed she and her people represent. It was touching however because yes it was an important moment between two women, but you missed the point and youâve come off racist and very disrespectful to a culture at that.
Yes, Moana is an empowering movie for women, especially women of color. But the last thing this is about is Maui being an abuser/rapist or whatever. That is not the point of Mauiâs character.
And to assume so is racist. You are a white woman completely dehumanizing a man of color and ruining his image because of how you see him. And other white girls here on tumblr have happily picked up that image and interpretation and rolled with it. Mauiâs character is now seen as an abuser or as someone who is violently because of white girls here on tumblrâwhich it doesnât surprise me. (an in a historical context this is even MORE racist because white women would always make Mauiâs people out to be savages and abusers etc., simply because of the color of their skin and their culture so yea, this is bad).
You can see the morality of the movie however you want, but do not be disrespectful toward a character and in this case a culture.
@i-want-cheese Please donât write this off as another âbutthurt commentâ or âmale guiltâ, because this is really messed up. I see how youâre brushing off some other peopleâs comments and I honestly hope that you donât see mine the same way because this is an issue I think you need to face/realize. You are being racist and brushing it off isnât going to change that. theÂ
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