The True Meaning of Dora

I bet you’re wondering, who wants to read about Dora? Sure, lots of kids like Dora. But not for the same reason.

Most kids who watched Dora are in their late teens now. My older sister had the bob haircut and brown skin, so we always said she resembled Dora. I was more of a Mickey Mouse fan, but I learned a lot about Dora from my sister. I learned that she was a girl in a tv show just like any other, and she had an extremely catchy theme song. But instead of getting kids to say english words and yell them at the screen, she got them to yell in Spanish.

My sister always told us she wanted to learn Spanish, and in middle school, that’s what she did. She caught on quickly, understood many things, and had a real interest in it. Seven year old Dora really did teach kids. In each episode, there would be a new problem, like in any other tv show. But Dora was such a big influence, she was on Nickelodeon for a very long time.

The creators of Dora first imagined the new Nickelodeon Jr. show to have a small white girl, but one simple meeting changed that. Nobody even thought of making the main character a Latinx. But when they imagined her being Latinx, she was perfect. She has a backpack, a best friend named boots, a map to guide her, and the bad fox, Swiper.

Now, Dora has become a joke to teenagers. Just like Peppa Pig, many kids make jokes and photoshop images of her to be part of the trend. But Dora was created to teach young kids that it’s ok to be colored and that you should embrace your culture. There’s even a live action film of Dora. What started out as a toddlers TV show idea turned out to be a wonderful, educational, famous

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