The Importance Of Interracial Relationships In Othello And Get Out

It currently is the 21st century, yet the idea of interracial relationships still strikes us as surprising. Sure, we have moved great lengths in technology to transform an apple into a refined, inedible device that has an intellect greater than the most of us. However, interracial couples receive far too many forced smiles and nods of approval when seen, as if such public consent is keeping that couple’s love alive. Furthermore, the public represents white society’s imposed views about “unorthodox” love, which is the major focus in the film Get Out and Shakespeare’s play Othello. For these reasons, Jordan Peele, the director of Get Out, and Shakespeare suggest that interracial couples are still not very common because the white purists still have not learned to accept this romantic intermingling of cultures. …show more content…
Their dislike towards interracial relationships propels them to take advantage of white females in mixed relationships to then break the relationship apart. White society does this in by exploiting white women and their alleged deceitful nature to decrease diversity. With this notion, white society expands wrongful flaws like the slight untrustworthiness in Othello’s Desdemona to definite infidelity in their partner. Or raises Get Out’s Rose to be overly promiscuous and flirtatious to attract black men and then use these men to improve their white race. In this way, both Get Out and Othello proves that the traditional ways of rich white society uses white female’s body or inherent beguiling character as vessels for their racist