“Aladdin”; a Representation of the Old and the New

In today’s society with all the controversy about Arabic and Muslim culture, it is very hard to define a line between what’s acceptable and what is no longer acceptable. For example, back in the 2000’s, which was only 19 years ago, blackface and brownface were very common and considered as a joke. It was deemed appropriate back then from people of different culture. However, if this was done in modern society, it would create controversy, storm all over the news and might just even lose you an election. This is what Evelyn Alsultany would call “the new era of multicultural sensitivity” (4)…