Plays about African Americans, Latino Americans, Asian Americans, as well as other marginalized communities, often deal with issues that are specific to that culture. However, the issues being dealt with in these stories also resonate and connect with other communities in a universal way. We saw racism and prejudice against these three groups of people, but there are many other groups that face similar discrimination. People from all various walks of life share the same history, they have been subjected to hate.
As we saw from our first unit, African Americans faced a great deal of issues, some of which continued on into the recent past. Some ay argue that this sort of treatment still continues. Africans were kidnapped and forced into slavery, …show more content…
Treatment of Asians was tantamount to paid slavery; many who immigrated were paid very low and unfair wages to work the gold mines of California and to lay railroads. Asians were never destined to star in blockbuster films, so Hollywood thought. It was not until a few Asian actors broke through onto the silver screen did it become apparent that the predictions of White Hollywood were proven so very wrong. Today, many large cities still have districts that remind us of the segregation of Asian immigrants. Often referred to as Chinatown or Little Korea, these were the neighborhoods where Asians lived separately from the rest of …show more content…
The story of Matthew Shepard tells it all. This is the story of pure hate that frightens a group of people who only want to live their lives as they feel they are meant to. A young man brutally murdered for… being different. The LGBT movement has grown strong in recent years, defying the norms that have been ruled by religion and fear for so long. Finally these people are becoming free to live openly, not having to hide their way of life in the shadows, afraid of being beaten or worse. Slowly, society has changed the norm to allow for a more open mind regarding the sexual orientation of
As we saw from our first unit, African Americans faced a great deal of issues, some of which continued on into the recent past. Some ay argue that this sort of treatment still continues. Africans were kidnapped and forced into slavery, …show more content…
Treatment of Asians was tantamount to paid slavery; many who immigrated were paid very low and unfair wages to work the gold mines of California and to lay railroads. Asians were never destined to star in blockbuster films, so Hollywood thought. It was not until a few Asian actors broke through onto the silver screen did it become apparent that the predictions of White Hollywood were proven so very wrong. Today, many large cities still have districts that remind us of the segregation of Asian immigrants. Often referred to as Chinatown or Little Korea, these were the neighborhoods where Asians lived separately from the rest of …show more content…
The story of Matthew Shepard tells it all. This is the story of pure hate that frightens a group of people who only want to live their lives as they feel they are meant to. A young man brutally murdered for… being different. The LGBT movement has grown strong in recent years, defying the norms that have been ruled by religion and fear for so long. Finally these people are becoming free to live openly, not having to hide their way of life in the shadows, afraid of being beaten or worse. Slowly, society has changed the norm to allow for a more open mind regarding the sexual orientation of