The discrimination against African Americans proceeded and became worse, black lives were a joke to racist humans with different points of views. This film showed a variety of rhetorical strategies such as ethos, pathos, and logos. The civil war was a harsh time for colored people due to the racism and injustice. It was a cold world fulfilled with brutality and inhumanity in where everyone detested African Americans.…
Firstly, in my opinion, Kasi Lemmons’ Eve’s Bayou turned out to be totally different than I expected, because at first, when it begins, I thought it was going to be some kind of “slavery” film shown in the ‘perspective of the slaves’, just because of the scenario that they used (the house near the bayou) and because it’s a typical kind of theme used by other non-black directors to do. I really liked it and it made me think about fraternal love a lot. Moreover, the end is shocking and it makes the viewer realize that the family is just a normal one with its life and its problems, and it could be the same if the family was a white one, showing that we are all the same and that we all have the same problems. “Memory is a selection of images,…
The article “When School Was Scary” and the poem “The Ballad of Birmingham” both show very harmful events. The event that happened to the little girl in “The Ballad of Birmingham” is very different and more effective/powerful compared to what happened in “When School Was Scary”. In the article, Elizabeth got verbally and physically abused, but in the poem, the little girl walks into a church and then it gets bombed. Getting blown up is more destructive than getting bullied.…
Summer Slininger Latino: The Changing Face of America is a documentary that dives deep into the fact that in the future the United States will face a demographic shift and Latinos will become the largest demographic group. Roxane Frias created this documentary to inform people about how the Latino population will begin to have a large influence on the United Sates future within politics and communities. This movie was an eye opener for me, as before watching this film I was oblivious to many of the facts that were spread throughout the film. When the film began to talk about how the presidential candidates need to receive the Latino vote in order to win presidency, I was a little weary on that fact.…
The horrors of segregation, the Civil Rights Movement, and the struggle against oppressors all brought to light the darkness and hypocrisy behind the flag which stood for equal rights for all. The part which frightens me the most is the fact that we thought we progressed as a nation past racism, yet the recent rumblings in the political and social sphere show that we still have much work to do. In Eyes on the Prize, Emmett Till, nonviolence with MLK Jr., and white culture are topics which stood out to me the most for early reaction towards the documentary. The image of Emmett Till and his brutally mutilated body under a picture of him smiling will forever be burned into my memory.…
Selma In the film, Selma, people are able to see how much hard work was put into ensuring that voting rights were truly equal for all of the citizens of America. This film goes deep into the hearts of the people who played key roles in the civil rights movement. We can see that desegregation was not enough. Citizens need voting rights and to have all of the freedoms that is promised when becoming and American.…
In today’s society which we call the United States of America there may be many predictions, speculations, and myths that have been thought of when it comes to our history. I have analyzed and did my own research on the history of racism. Racism is the belief of people of each race, who acts as if one is superior to another race. There are several prejudice practices practiced by racial individuals which discriminates against people of other race and due to their skin color. I watched four movies such as Birth of a Nation, Beloved, 13th, and Do the Right Thing which tells us where racism comes from, and how it is has changed over the years.…
The movie Fruitvale Station written and directed by Ryan Coogler take you on a journey through an american tragedy that sparked nationwide riots and debates on social justice in America. On January 1, 2009, Oscar Grant, an african american man from Oakland, California, was on a transit train home after celebrating the New Year in San Francisco. On arriving at his local station, Fruitvale, he and the other passengers were stopped by local police officers responding to a report of fighting on the train. Oscar and other passengers were detained and put under arrest. In the intense scene that follows, a single gunshot was fired, unloading a highly charged tragedy that fuel and american outrage all across america.…
The movie Crash is a drama about racial and social tensions in Los Angeles, California. The writer of the movie Crash, was inspired by a real-life incident, in which his Porsche was carjacked outside a video store on Wilshire Boulevard in 1991 (Crash Commentary, 2005). Over two days in Los Angeles, California, several lives intertwine. A detective estranged from his mother, who has a gang member, drug dealing brother.…
Before I started this class, I never really thought about race, racialization, or racial formations. Anything that had to do with race or racial matters was only talked about in the privacy of my home or during family discussion. I never really quite understood how your race could impact your life until I started experiencing it myself. My definition of race was entirely different from what I would define it as now. I thought race was just about your skin color and nothing else.…
For one to follow the law or listen to authority one has to understand what law and authority really means. A law is “A binding custom or practice of a community: a rule of conduct or action prescribed or formally recognized as binding or enforced by a controlling authority (2):the whole body of such customs, practices, or rules (3)” (Webster 1) and authority “Is the power to give orders or make decisions:the power or right to direct or control someone or something” (Webster 1). To summarize this it says that a law helps govern conduct to keep a safe environment with the help of authority. But what happens when those laws goes against ones morals, religion, equality etc?…
We Are The Roots With the recent uproar of racial based harassment at the University of Missouri, it makes one think about the actual advancement of African Americans. In America race is often the issue in many problems people face. In the TV mini-series "Roots" we see the struggles Blacks face from slavery up until the civil war. It follows the family line of Kunta Kinte and his generations to follow.…
Hate and fear that exist between people because of race or ethnicity can be stripped away under the right circumstances and lead people to realize that we are all fundamentally the same regardless of race or ethnicity. Racism and discrimination continue to exist in the United States today. Racism and discrimination tend to group people together based on stereotypes associated with a particular race or ethnicity. The truth is, within every race and ethnicity stratification exists. In the movie, some of the kids were physically abused.…
He later died at home with a collapsed lung because there was nothing the doctors could do to save him. The list above shows some of the issues that are within the movie about segregation and discrimination. The movie, filmed well, shows the different views of life and shows different things and values affect different people. There are several other movies that I have watched related to this one including Ali, a movie about an amazing African American boxer during the 60s and 70s and his way to winning the heavy weight title. Remember the Titans, a film related to integration of schools during the early 70s.…
This was important to show because the south is notoriously known for having racist traditions. This film being released in the 90s, a few short years after the book’s release in the 80s, is trying to help continue the change of people’s mindset. The movie does this in a gentle way by throwing in comedy. Having this film made decades after these events transpired has more of an impact because it helps the audience have an understanding of each time period and what it took to be where we are…