Think about traveling and you go to someone else’s country. The 1995 movie was directed by Desmond Nakano. Him being of a different nationality than black or white, he was able to tell the story in its most true form. He told the story of an alternate America. In our society today and which has been for many years, the white race has been deemed as the dominate race. The blacks are the less superior less, but it has not always was been that way according to history.
The main actors in this film are Lewis Pinnock, a very poor white, part of the working class man who is barely surviving day to day. He also has to support and provide for his family. Lewis is played by John Travolta. Mr. Thaddeus Thomas, the very wealthy business owner and trendsetter, who has had a strong impact many peoples lives, but not always in the best way. …show more content…
The best way to make people get a clue is to flip the roles. Some things I saw in the movie, I would never see a whit me go through. As an example when the two black cops were in the hood and picked on the innocent white man. You do not see things like that happen to whites. When the white people saw that one of their own were getting punished for no reason they group together to stop the unfair treatment. You see plenty of examples of that now in today’s society where blacks are grouping to stop the black crime.
From the beginning of the movie we saw that the blacks were at the table having a meeting, but what is significant about the meeting is that they were discussing whether the white man could be help/aided or not. This relates to our world because there are so many programs dedicated and publicly talked about that the black race uses for aid. This scene in the movie expresses what we as a class talk about and also what is in the textbook. Mr. Thomas showed his social status, and class in what could be considered master
The main actors in this film are Lewis Pinnock, a very poor white, part of the working class man who is barely surviving day to day. He also has to support and provide for his family. Lewis is played by John Travolta. Mr. Thaddeus Thomas, the very wealthy business owner and trendsetter, who has had a strong impact many peoples lives, but not always in the best way. …show more content…
The best way to make people get a clue is to flip the roles. Some things I saw in the movie, I would never see a whit me go through. As an example when the two black cops were in the hood and picked on the innocent white man. You do not see things like that happen to whites. When the white people saw that one of their own were getting punished for no reason they group together to stop the unfair treatment. You see plenty of examples of that now in today’s society where blacks are grouping to stop the black crime.
From the beginning of the movie we saw that the blacks were at the table having a meeting, but what is significant about the meeting is that they were discussing whether the white man could be help/aided or not. This relates to our world because there are so many programs dedicated and publicly talked about that the black race uses for aid. This scene in the movie expresses what we as a class talk about and also what is in the textbook. Mr. Thomas showed his social status, and class in what could be considered master