We got this free Fisher Price Little People video for having bought Pampers.
It’s done in claymation, and my daughter loves it. We’ve probably watched it 100 times. Watch a kids video 100 times and you start to notice things.
If you are not familiar with the little people, they are a bunch of kids of various gender and racial types. They inhabit the Land of the Little People, and have mild adventures that stimulate learning.
That’s what they tell you anyway.
All the Little People in the video have names, and they all have their own little adventure segment of the video. All except the black guy. He doesn’t have a name or his own segment. In fact, he’s apparently not allowed to talk, either.
The Little People drive around in a cute little school bus. Eddie, the white boy drives the school bus. Guess where the black kid sits? That’s right. He sits in the back of the bus.
The black kid (we’ll call him “Token”) sees the most action in the segment where the little people return a lost sheep and help a farmer. He waits on the white women. When he’s not doing that he stands a respectful foot behind Eddie, lightly bowing his head.
Eddie is pretty cool, and clearly the alpha-male/leader of the little people. He’s also the only little person who’s not screwed up in the head somehow. On top of getting to drive the bus, he also happens to be the only one allowed to fly The Little People helicopter. He is also the only Little Person with a sidekick, a pet frog who talks in pantomime. During Eddie’s segment, he saves the circus when the circus train gets boged down in the mud. He uses ingenuity, leadership and strength to get the train out. He is hailed as a hero by the rest of the little people and rides on the train through the town parade. The Little People Discovery song for this segment’s lyrics say “He learns there’s nothing that he can’t do.”
The other white boy whose name I forget can do magic.
Unfortunately, the other Little People, being neither white nor male, lack Eddie’s gifts and abilities.
One white chick, I think her name is Sonya Ray or something, gets depressed all the time. She sits on the park bench while Eddie leads the rest of the little people through some goddamn calisthenics, or Aryan sport. Earlier, Chuckles the clown gave all the little people balloons. They let Sonya hold them while they play. The ballons cause Sonya to float away. She plays tag with a bird, and this cheers her up.
The other white girl (I can’t even remember her name,) is way too bossy. During her segment she learns to stop bossing people (who don’t listen to her anyway,) and learn to listen to other people who know better. And who is this person who knows better? You got it! Eddie!
The oriental girl’s segment focuses on the fact that she’s gentle and compassionate (though not terribly smart.) Eddie likes her.
Clearly the lesson of this video is that the white male is inherently superior to all others. This superiority, though unspoken is self-evident, and for the good of the rest of the Little People, only he is allowed to operate heavy equiptment.
Black people should remain unseen, don’t get their own segment, and are required to wait on the white women, and sit in the back of the bud.
Women have all kinds of emotional problems, that cause trouble. They need to repress these things and listen to the White Male.
A women should aspire to be quiet, compassionate, and nurturing (if a bit of a bleeding heart,) if she wants to get the attention of the Eddie’s of this world.
A women who attempts to assert herself will come off as a bossy and foolish bitch.
These are the lessons of the Little People.
