“Violence as a way of achieving racial justice is both impractical and immoral. It is impartial because it is a descending spiral ending in destruction for all…” I strongly agree with this quote said by Martin Luther King Jr. Violence is a very concerning issue in the past, present and certainly in the film “Do The Right Thing”. It is my personal belief that you cannot achieve anything by violence and that it only brings major unwanted consequences into our lives. The film “Do The Right Thing” illustrates the difference between violence and counter-violence and the diverse consequences they each convey.
Violence is the act of physical force toward someone to hurt them and in cases kill them, in order to gain power. I believe that violence …show more content…
Evidently, nothing is really solved when Sal’s pizzeria is burned down, there is no more pizza in the neighborhood and the wall of fame still only has pictures of Italians. Buggin Out’s whole purpose for the boycott was to be treated equal and have his race appreciated by having pictures of famous blacks on the wall. However, he does not achieve this when the pizzeria is burned down. This proves that Martin Luther King in my opinion was right and has a very vital point when he said that violence “… It is immoral because it seeks to humiliate the opponent rather than win his understanding; it seeks to annihilate rather than to convert…” What this means to me in terms of the movie is that Buggin Out’s act of violence was more to gain power then understanding. If he wanted to be understood he would have taken a different route by talking to Sal and making him understand why having black people in “the wall of fame” is so important to him. I believe that nothing was really solved at the end of the film, because there was no understanding gained. Sal and he’s sons did not learn anything by having their pizzeria burned down they just got filled with more hatred toward the black community. As for Buggin Out and everyone else in the community I do not think that they did the right thing because, when you do the right thing positive change is caused. In the case of the movie no positive change is initiated on the contrary, more hatred and racism is formed between
Violence is the act of physical force toward someone to hurt them and in cases kill them, in order to gain power. I believe that violence …show more content…
Evidently, nothing is really solved when Sal’s pizzeria is burned down, there is no more pizza in the neighborhood and the wall of fame still only has pictures of Italians. Buggin Out’s whole purpose for the boycott was to be treated equal and have his race appreciated by having pictures of famous blacks on the wall. However, he does not achieve this when the pizzeria is burned down. This proves that Martin Luther King in my opinion was right and has a very vital point when he said that violence “… It is immoral because it seeks to humiliate the opponent rather than win his understanding; it seeks to annihilate rather than to convert…” What this means to me in terms of the movie is that Buggin Out’s act of violence was more to gain power then understanding. If he wanted to be understood he would have taken a different route by talking to Sal and making him understand why having black people in “the wall of fame” is so important to him. I believe that nothing was really solved at the end of the film, because there was no understanding gained. Sal and he’s sons did not learn anything by having their pizzeria burned down they just got filled with more hatred toward the black community. As for Buggin Out and everyone else in the community I do not think that they did the right thing because, when you do the right thing positive change is caused. In the case of the movie no positive change is initiated on the contrary, more hatred and racism is formed between