This work reframes the iconic figure of Mickey Mouse—long celebrated as a symbol of innocence and joy—within a critical lens. Stripped down to an almost skeletal outline, the mouse feels less playful than exposed, a reminder that cultural symbols are never neutral.

Disney’s legacy, while synonymous with childhood, is also entwined with racial caricature, erasures, and stereotypes—from the plantation nostalgia of Song of the South to the minstrel echoes in early animations like the crows in Dumbo. By titling the piece Sins of Our Father, the artist insists we reckon with this inheritance: the ways mass entertainment has shaped racial imagination, normalized exclusion, and embedded whiteness as the standard of purity and delight.

The dotted wallpaper backdrop suggests both playroom whimsy and the repetition of ideology—patterns passed down through generations. What appears lighthearted is shadowed by history, implicating not only Disney but the cultural machinery that still circulates these images. The work asks us to look again at what we think we know, and to confront how even beloved icons carry the weight of racialized myths.