Does Disney's Tonto reinforce stereotypes? The Lone Ranger has long been a fictional hero, taming the Wild West with his trusty Indian guide, Tonto. The faithful companion helps him fight bad guys, and does so speaking in pidgin English.
July 2, 2013 - The Clarion-Ledger
Josh Lewsey in Independent I had an argument with him,says Lewsey. "I said I'm absolutely fine and then he pointed out in his best Pidgin English that I had in fact fallen off the last traverse we'd crossed and perhaps wasn't as fine as I thought I was. I had...
Steve Maharey in Sydney Morning Herald The statement is understandable,Maharey said, "despite pidgin being spelt pigeon, as in a bird from the dove family, rather than pidgin, as in simplified language used between persons of a different nationality. But we will give him...