How ‘Colors of the Wind' Became a Generational Rallying Cry
'I had this rage in me,' the 22-year-old theater major at Stephen F. Austin State University in Texas said in an interview. 'It was a rough day for a lot of people. I thought, I can't do much, but I can share my thoughts.'
Her thoughts were encapsulated in a few lines from 'Colors of the Wind,' the power ballad from Disney's 1995 animated film, 'Pocahontas.' Specifically, 'You think the only people who are people are the people who look and think like you / But if you walk the footsteps of a stranger, you'll learn things you never knew you never knew.'
She uploaded a TikTok video with the overlay, 'me arguing with magas for the next four years' — and a caption explaining that her progressive views partly stem from 'Pocahontas' being her 'favorite princess movie growing up.' It quickly racked up more than half a million views.
Pritchett, who is a lesbian, was raised in a conservative household in East Texas, where she and her sister would give living-room performances of 'Colors of the Wind' while the 'Pocahontas' DVD played in the background. She now views the song as an important commentary on queer inclusivity, cross-cultural understanding and environmentalism.
'Obviously, that movie has its problems,' Pritchett said, 'but the music was really good.'
In fact, 30 years after Disney released 'Pocahontas' in theaters in June 1995, the film's Oscar- and Grammy-winning track has broken out as a beloved entity with millennial and Gen Z fans.
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