Starlet +internet+ exercising freedom of speech = trouble

In response to Miley’s ‘racist” controversy, I agree she crossed the line. If she wants to act like an adult and have fans than she should strongly think about stopping her self-sabotage. She is the a perfect example of the influence of Disney.

Disney has one of the most sensitive audiences around, and they try to desperately stay out of trouble and make everyone happy to have business. However, there process of picking an innocent child and molding and sculpting them as they feel fit has never been more apparent. Their main goal is business, and they will go to desperate measures to make sure business is good. Being a 16 year old is hard enough, but to put all these pressures on her, and expect her to come out victorious is ridiculous, selfish and disturbing.

Disney wants her to be a voice for young children, tweens, teens, parents and still carry sex appeal for older demographics. Nobody can live up to that, no matter who they are. But Miley certainly gets points for trying.

Her response showed just how naïve she is, her blog was supposed to set the record straight and make everything all better, but it did exactly the opposite. I think she tried to inject sarcasm and garner sympathy, but it worked against her.

She should be held accountable for those so called ‘goofy faces”, because many people have similar faces, and take offense in that, as they should. No one wants to be mocked, especially with something that is out of their power, like your face. She has diverse, and what kind of message is she sending to those little girls? She is there role model, like it or not. When someone you admire is poking fun and humiliating how you look, chances are that’s going to impact your self-esteem and what you think of Miley. Also, her other fans might think its okay to go around making faces of other people.

The Asian community see themselves as a minority, because of the stereotypes of them. They have every right to criticize and be angry with her actions. Along with that is also the parents, parents want someone that they can trust will be a positive role model in their children’s lives. This is not positive or heroic behavior. Parents are also mad and now skeptical of this girl’s message, and are becoming less and less lenient with justifying her actions.

However, like mentioned above Disney also has a strong hand in this situation. It’s fair to say a lot of the responsibility is on Miley’s head, because she decided to do such actions and be present in the photo. But her parents and her friends in the photo are also very much responsible. Instead of protecting her and informing her, they are encouraging such offensive behavior.

At the end of the day, this will probably be brushed under the rug, like any other previous crisis. But sooner I later, there will be a huge price that will have to be paid.