The criticisms of Dora The Explorer are as follows. Don't shoot the messenger: I disagree with (or otherwise find merit-less as criticism) all of them. I'm just reporting what the critics cry about.
- Dora is not specifically of a specific Latino derivation, and so deftly avoids offending "European" (read: White) sensibilities. As such, she seems purpose-designed to serve commercial interests, not educational interests.
- Along the same lines, though in a different direction (offending a completely different group of people), some critics find a subtle but pervasive and perhaps overwhelming message projected by Dora of global community, something which naturally offends ultra-nationalist perspectives.
- Dora was redesigned to be thinner and aged as more of an older sister to her intended audience than a peer. Trying to pin-down the context of these criticisms was tough, but I think some of it may have been just plain enmity towards change, itself, i.e., the desire for everything in life to always remain static.
- There was also some speculation that some of the criticism about the Dora redesign was a reflection of insecurities within the critics themselves, with regard to their own physical condition, and/or their concern about their own ability to view Dora without sexualizing her, but I didn't really see any strong evidence of that.
Have I missed any of the major criticisms?
