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Learn what truly sets the UC Riverside MBA apart and how it helps in your professional growth
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Dora the Explorer is one of the most recognized Latinx characters on TV. She debuted on Nickelodeon almost 20 years ago. This past weekend, Dora moved to the big screen, in Dora and the Lost City of Gold. But before she was an explorer who traversed the world with her backpack and map, she was Stinky… In the late 1990s, Chris Gifford, one of the show's creators, and two others were tasked with brainstorming the next hit on Nick Jr. After moving through various animals, they decided on a young girl who would go on adventures and ask the audience of pre-schoolers at home for help.
Originally, they imagined the girl would be white. But months into developing the show, the creative head at Nickelodeon, Brown Johnson, went to a conference where she learned that of the 80 prime-time characters under the age of 18, not a single one was Latinx. She came back and declared that the show they were working on would now feature a Latina. Eric Weiner, another creator of the show, says, "At the time, Pat Buchanan was running for president, spewing all this hatred about, 'We don't want Spanish speakers in our country.' So this idea of not building barriers gave extra meaning and heart and urgency to the mission of the show."
The creators behind Dora set out to empower Latinx kids and normalize bilingualism. But they were all white. So, they brought in consultants like Carlos Cortes, a professor from the University of California, Riverside. Cortes helped with cultural sensitivity and answered big questions, like where Dora should be from. "Someone came up with the idea we should make her very embedded in one culture – Mexican or Puerto Rican or Cuban or what have you," says Cortes. But they couldn't agree which culture. "I said look, I think it's important that kids of different Latino backgrounds be able to identify with Dora." So, they decided to move forward with a pan-Latina character, not from anywhere in particular.
... Within less than a year, the show became the top commercial hit for pre-schoolers ages 2 to 5. Almost 20 years after her creation, Dora is now being re-imagined as a teenager in a live action film, where she sets off to find treasure in a fictional lost Inca city called Parapata. "Parapata is a name in Quechua, which means 'the rainy hill,' " says Americo Mendoza-Mori, a consultant on the film, who teaches Quechua at the University of Pennsylvania.
While Dora, the character, continues to be pan-Latina, the film grounds her in an actual geographical location: The Amazon rainforest. "We also want to use the movie as an opportunity to incorporate many aspects of the Andean knowledge," says Mendoza-Mori. Mexican actor Eugenio Derbez says, "I think Dora is an icon for kids, especially now that Latinos are being so, let's say, harassed by this administration."
The original team members behind Dora say they never expected anti-immigrant rhetoric to become so central to the American political discourse. "We hope that we had an impact on little kids who saw a character who spoke a different language or had a different skin colour than they did," says Gifford...
Q1. Nickelodeon went with a Latina character for Dora for all the following reasons EXCEPT:
a) none of the prime-time characters under 18 were Latinx.
b) to make sure their main character draws more attention than the existing set of prime-time characters.
c) to express disagreement with Pat Buchanan’s philosophy of alienating Spanish speakers. Your answer is incorrect
d) to make a statement supporting diversity and bilingualism.
a) none of the prime-time characters under 18 were Latinx.
b) to make sure their main character draws more attention than the existing set of prime-time characters.
c) to express disagreement with Pat Buchanan’s philosophy of alienating Spanish speakers. Your answer is incorrect
d) to make a statement supporting diversity and bilingualism.
B
Q2. Which of the following statements, if true, contradicts the rationale of Carlos Cortes behind adopting a pan-Latina character for Dora?
a) A character embedded in one culture among Mexican or Puerto Rican or Cuban will be easy to relate to for that group of kids from Latino backgrounds.
b) It was important for pre-schoolers from all Latino backgrounds to find some commonality with the main character.
c) It is difficult for a kid from any one culture to relate to a character which has a mix of attributes from other cultures. Your answer is correct
d) Kids from various Latino backgrounds spot the similarities they share with the main character more easily than how they are different from the pan-Latino character.
a) A character embedded in one culture among Mexican or Puerto Rican or Cuban will be easy to relate to for that group of kids from Latino backgrounds.
b) It was important for pre-schoolers from all Latino backgrounds to find some commonality with the main character.
c) It is difficult for a kid from any one culture to relate to a character which has a mix of attributes from other cultures. Your answer is correct
d) Kids from various Latino backgrounds spot the similarities they share with the main character more easily than how they are different from the pan-Latino character.
C
Q3. The last two paras of the passage imply that
a) Dora’s creators hope that her popularity will make kids more empathetic towards those different from them. Your answer is correct
b) Dora’s storyline effectively countered the anti-immigrant rhetoric taking over the American political discourse.
c) little kids don’t generally learn a lot from those different from them in language or skin colour.
d) it is possible to make a powerful political statement against the establishment through films.
a) Dora’s creators hope that her popularity will make kids more empathetic towards those different from them. Your answer is correct
b) Dora’s storyline effectively countered the anti-immigrant rhetoric taking over the American political discourse.
c) little kids don’t generally learn a lot from those different from them in language or skin colour.
d) it is possible to make a powerful political statement against the establishment through films.
A
Q4. Which of the following cannot be inferred from the passage?
a) Spanish is not the first language of white kids.
b) Latinas can be Mexican, Puerto Rican or Cuban.
c) Bilingualism is not common amongst pre-schoolers.
d) The Inca civilisation inhabited the Amazonian rainforests.
a) Spanish is not the first language of white kids.
b) Latinas can be Mexican, Puerto Rican or Cuban.
c) Bilingualism is not common amongst pre-schoolers.
d) The Inca civilisation inhabited the Amazonian rainforests.
D
Q5. Which of the following survey results, if true, would least validate the purpose of creating Dora?
a) A survey that demonstrates that watching Dora’s adventures has turned many kids into bilinguals
b) A survey that highlights that Dora is not popular amongst non-Latino kids
c) A survey that shows that Dora is popular amongst kids from all Latino backgrounds
d) A survey that proves kids who grew up watching Dora are less invested in the anti-immigrant rhetoric
a) A survey that demonstrates that watching Dora’s adventures has turned many kids into bilinguals
b) A survey that highlights that Dora is not popular amongst non-Latino kids
c) A survey that shows that Dora is popular amongst kids from all Latino backgrounds
d) A survey that proves kids who grew up watching Dora are less invested in the anti-immigrant rhetoric
B
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