History Main / PrejudiceAesop

* ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'': This is a major underlying theme within the series. At first were lead to believe the evil forces were monsters from Star's homeland, Mewni, trying to seize power for themselves. But as the series goes on, we start to see plotlines that showcase the monsters aren't as bad as Star was lead to think, some even just want better living conditions for their families due to actually being ''oppressed'' by the current regime. [[spoiler: The prejudice was so bad, that, during Eclipsa's rule, she fell in love with a monster and birthed a daughter, a half-breed. The Butterfly monarchy absolutely rejected the notion of having a partial monster for a ruler and, after Eclipsa was imprisoned in crystal, went so far as to secretly switch her daughter out for a normal Mewnian.]] Season three goes into this much more as the series moves into the other realms and we explore more of Mewni. Season four takes it full throttle and showcases how prejudice can have devastating consequences if left unchecked. Unfortunately, the show blames the prejudice on magic and magical beings and has Star commit genocide by wiping out magi and “solving” the prejudice problem in the process, turning the entire Aesop into a BrokenAesop.

* ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'': This is a major underlying theme within the series. At first were lead to believe the evil forces were monsters from Star's homeland, Mewni, trying to seize power for themselves. But as the series goes on, we start to see plotlines that showcase the monsters aren't as bad as Star was lead to think, some even just want better living conditions for their families due to actually being ''oppressed'' by the current regime. [[spoiler: The prejudice was so bad, that, during Eclipsa's rule, she fell in love with a monster and birthed a daughter, a half-breed. The Butterfly monarchy absolutely rejected the notion of having a partial monster for a ruler and, after Eclipsa was imprisoned in crystal, went so far as to secretly switch her daughter out for a normal Mewnian.]] Season three goes into this much more as the series moves into the other realms and we explore more of Mewni. Season four takes it full throttle and showcases how prejudice can have devastating consequences if left unchecked.

* Creator/ECComics: In the classic story "Judgement Day" a human astronaut visits a planet of robots to determine whether they are qualified to join TheFederation. He learns that the robots come in two colors, orange and blue, and the orange robots discriminate against the blue ones. He judges the planet unready to join the Federation because of this. In the last panel he removes the spacesuit helmet he had been wearing throughout the story, revealing that he is a black man.

* ''Don't Be a Sucker'', released on 1943 and edited four years later, on 1947, was a BackedByThePentagon short movie for the use of its servicemembers and attacking fascism and racial prejudices.

->''No matter what your language, no matter what your name, in some ways we're all the same.''

* A VerySpecialEpisode of ''WesternAnimation/TheProudFamily'', "[[Recap/TheProudFamilyS2E23CultureShock Culture Shock]]", has Penny learn the harsh lesson to never judge a book by its cover or a person by their background when she swaps families, households and lifestyles with a Muslim girl for an entire week as part of the school's cultural exchange program. Before the week wraps up, both the girls' families return to the Muslim family's home to find it vandalized, complete with graffiti sprayed on the garage door reading, "Go home, towelheads!" ([[{{Bowdlerize}} changed to "Go back to your country!]]" in reruns). Although Penny delivers a moving speech about discrimination and prejudice, [[AbortedArc this plot point is never brought up again]] and [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse the people who did it were never caught.]]

* The ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'' episode "[[Recap/CodenameKidsNextDoorS3E1OperationFUTURE Operation: F.U.T.U.R.E.]]" explores an allegory about how stupid sexism is. In the present, young Margaret claims that [[ResentfulOutnumberedSibling her brothers pick on her and boss her around]]. ''However'', this is the same girl who's going to grow up to the tyrannical Madame Margaret who will create a [[BadFuture dystopic future]] where girls have became oppressors to innocent boys everywhere, making her no better than the boys she despises (and no better than the adults and other child villains the KND fight). Meanwhile, Numbuh 4 has grown to be the jaded leader of a rebel band of boys who are trying to take down Madame Margaret. What sets them apart is when an ally comes forth in the form of a girl (Numbuh 3's granddaughter Sally) wanting to join the boys, and Numbuh 4 eventually acknowledges boys and girls ''can'' be allies.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheProudFamily'' episode "[[Recap/TheProudFamilyS2E23CultureShock Culture Shock]]" has Penny learn the harsh lesson to never judge a book by its cover or a person by their background when she swaps families, households and lifestyles with a Muslim girl for an entire week as part of the school's cultural exchange program. Before the week wraps up, both the girls' families return to the Muslim family's home to find it vandalized, complete with graffiti sprayed on the garage door reading, "Go home, towelheads!" ([[{{Bowdlerize}} changed to "Go back to your country!]]" in reruns). Although Penny delivers a moving speech about discrimination and prejudice, [[AbortedArc this plot point is never brought up again]] and [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse the people who did it were never caught.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/TheProudFamily'' episode "[[Recap/TheProudFamilyS2E23CultureShock Culture Shock]]" has Penny learn the harsh lesson to never judge a book by its cover or a person by their background when she swaps families, households and lifestyles with a Muslim girl for an entire week as part of the school's cultural exchange program. Before the week wraps up, both the girls' families return to the Muslim family's home to find it vandalized with [[ToiletPaperPrank toilet paper]], [[{{Egging}} eggs]] and graffiti sprayed on the garage door reading, "Go home, towelheads!" ([[{{Bowdlerize}} changed to "Go back to your country!]]" in reruns). Although Penny delivers a moving speech about discrimination and prejudice, [[AbortedArc this plot point is never brought up again]] and [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse the people who did it were never caught.]]

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheProudFamily'', Penny learns this harsh lesson in "[[Recap/TheProudFamilyS2E23CultureShock Culture Shock]]" when she swaps households and lifestyles with a Muslim girl for an entire week as part of the school's cultural exchange program. Before the week wraps up, both the girls' families return to the Muslim family's home to find it vandalized with [[ToiletPaperPrank toilet paper]], [[{{Egging}} eggs]] and graffiti sprayed on the garage door reading, "Go home, towelheads!" ([[{{Bowdlerize}} changed to "Go back to your country!]]" in reruns). Although Penny delivers a moving speech about discrimination and prejudice, [[AbortedArc this plot point is never brought up again]] and [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse the people who did it were never caught.]]

* The ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'' episode "[[Recap/CodenameKidsNextDoorS3E1OperationFUTURE Operation: F.U.T.U.R.E.]]" explores an allegory about how stupid sexism is. In the present, young Margaret claims that [[ResentfulOutnumberedSibling her brothers pick on her and boss her around]]. ''However'', this is the same girl who's going to grow up to the tyrannical Madame Margaret who will create a [[BadFuture dystopic future]] where girls have became oppressors to innocent boys everywhere, making her no better than the boys she despises (and no better than the adults and other child villains the KND fight). Meanwhile, Numbuh 4 has grown to be the jaded leader of a rebel band of boys who are trying to take down Madame Margaret. What sets them apart is when an ally comes forth in the form of a girl (Numbuh 3's granddaughter Sally) wanting to join the boys, Numbuh 4 eventually acknowledges boys and girls ''can'' be allies.

* The ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'' episode "[[Recap/CodenameKidsNextDoorS3E1OperationFUTURE Operation: F.U.T.U.R.E.]]" explores an allegory about how stupid sexism is. In the present, young Margaret claims that her brothers pick on her and boss her around. ''However'', this is the same girl who's going to grow up to the tyrannical Madame Margaret who will create a dystopic future where girls have became oppressors to innocent boys everywhere, making her no better than the boys she despises (and no better than the adults and other child villains the KND fight). Meanwhile, Numbuh 4 has grown to be the jaded leader of a rebel band of boys who are trying to take down Madame Margaret. What sets them apart is when an ally comes forth in the form of a girl (Numbuh 3's granddaughter Sally) wanting to join the boys, Numbuh 4 eventually acknowledges boys and girls ''can'' be allies.

* The ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'' episode "Operation: F.U.T.U.R.E." explores an allegory about how stupid sexism is. In the present, young Margaret claims that her brothers pick on her and boss her around. ''However'', this is the same girl who's going to grow up to the tyrannical Madame Margaret who will create a dystopic future where girls have became oppressors to innocent boys everywhere, making her no better than the boys she despises (and no better than the adults and other child villains the KND fight). Meanwhile, Numbuh 4 has grown to be the jaded leader of a rebel band of boys who are trying to take down Madame Margaret. What sets them apart is when an ally comes forth in the form of a girl (Numbuh 3's granddaughter Sally) wanting to join the boys, Numbuh 4 eventually acknowledges boys and girls ''can'' be allies.

* The ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'' episode "Operation: F.U.T.U.R.E." explores an allegory about how stupid sexism is. In the present, young Margaret claims that her brothers pick on her and boss her around. ''However'', this is the same girl who's going to grow up to the tyrannical Madame Margaret who will create a dystopic future where girls have became oppressors to innocent boys everywhere, making her no better than the boys she despises (and no better than the adults the KND fight). Meanwhile, Numbuh 4 has grown to be the jaded leader of a rebel band of boys who are trying to take down Madame Margaret. What sets them apart is when an ally comes forth in the form of a girl (Numbuh 3's granddaughter Sally) wanting to join the boys, Numbuh 4 eventually acknowledges boys and girls ''can'' be allies.

Either way, the message might also be learned by having the one who characters are prejudiced against saving the bigots, winning against them, or something similar.Double points if they prove the bigots wrong in the process (e.g. Alice wins against Bob in a footrace despite him saying, "You run like a girl!").

* AlternateHistoryNaziVictory mod ''VideoGame/TheNewOrderLastDaysOfEurope'' delivers such a message with the sublety of a nuke - [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt quite literally]], in fact. Wherever bigotry rears it's ugly head, whether it be from UsefulNotes/NaziGermany itself or [[ANaziByAnyOtherName people emulating them]], brings only suffering and destruction for both victim and perpetrator. Compromise with them (such as in Komi, South Africa, or the NPP) will only backfire as they will only ever be satisfied with total victory, which itself means death for you. [[PersecutionFlip Revenge-driven bigotry]] (like that of the genocidal Black League) will only lead to a cycle of revenge that allows hate to fester to begin with.

'''Important''': Please only add ''intentional'' examples here. Unintentional ones go on AccidentalAesop.

* ''Literature/TheBerenstainBears'': In "The New Neighbours", some panda bears move in next door. Papa Bear is prejudiced against them for not being "real bears", but then learns to accept them.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'' is about religious bigotry both towards those considered deformed (Quasimodo) or heathens (Esmeralda and the Romani). Frollo has demonized the Romani and is hunting them, while also keeping Quasimodo trapped in the bell tower to hide him from society.

* "Mypods and Boomsticks" is an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' from the 2000's that is all about how demonizing Muslims is wrong. When Lenny and Carl show Homer an SerialNumbersFiledOff version of ''Series/TwentyFour'' that depicted an Islamic terrorist, he begins to suspect that the Muslims in his neiborhood are terrorists, even though he's known and trusted these people for years. Homer learns the error of his waus and the episode even notes the similarities of the plight of Muslims to the persecution Jews.

* ''Theatre/{{Wicked}}'' is mainly about the discrimination Elphaba suffers for her green skin and how stupid and wrong that is. The show takes the moral about how unjust racial discrimination is by including a whole plotline about how TalkingAnimals are imprisoned, silenced, and mistreated, eventually including the likes of beloved characters like the Cowardly Lion.