In the film Precious, it covered examples of cultural diversity. It includes many unresolved issues of race and racial stereotypes, such as poverty, education, sexism and silence. The challenge that some girls have is to create agency, which is to have the ability to know what you want and go for it. As Dr. Laurie Schaffner, a professor from the University of Illinois at Chicago, states, the challenge is worsened by sexism, homophobia, poverty, heterosexism and capitalism. An example of heterosexism is when she faces the dilemma of walking by some boys and one of them sexually harassed her and responded to the denial by pushing her to the sidewalk. Capitalism covers the scenario when she is unable to obtain government help due to her mother’s
