Aristocats

While reading Robert Lee's explanation of the origin of the term "Siamese Twins", I suddenly found myself thinking of a favorite childhood movie- The Aritsocats (a Disney film). In one part of this film, there is a Siamese cats represented, and I managed to find a clip of this character on Youtube. Though taking a feline form in this children's film, this character represents the same type of stereotypical Asian stock character that is mentioned in the reading. Listening to the first line of 'song', it is clear that the words are jibberish that is made-up. This tradition of creating nonsensical words (and thereby infantilizing its speaker) harkens back to the yellowface song, "The Heathen Chinee" (mentioned on p. 37). This song too combines nonsense words with 'pidgin' to present the Asian singer as childlike. I never questioned this image before linking it to the yellowface tradition. It seems, though, that there will always be stereotypes in Disney films whether they pertain to masculinity, femininity or race. My question is, with all the diverse images we are confronted with, what is not a stereotype in this modern age? How do we offer fair portrayals of different races and ethnicities within childhood entertainment?