The Freedom Writers Film Analysis

The extremes of gang violence and racism in our country were brought to light in the movie “The Freedom writers.” The main characters of this movie were just students, starting high school as freshmen. Ironically, they had already faced challenges in their lives that most people could never even imagine. This resulted in their tough outlook on life, and involvement in gang violence. To add to the mess, the gangs were strongly divided on racial lines. This separated the students, and even brought them to the point of killing each other. In their eyes, they were in a war with no way out. This was, however, until Mrs. G came into their lives as their freshman english teacher. Skeptical at first, and not caring about school, the students didn 't give her the time of day, let alone any respect. Coincidentally, …show more content…
Modern day racism is no different than the racism being faced by the Freedom Writers. People of all different ethnic backgrounds and races are faced with stereotyping, unfair disadvantages, and the hatred that comes from the ignorance of others. People still tend to associate with, and defend “their own kind,” while pointing fingers at, and assigning blame to, people that are different than them. In cases of stereotyping, people will consider characteristics of one person from a certain ethnic background, and automatically assume that everyone of that race or ethnicity has those same characteristics. For example, people who think all muslims are terrorists, or all mexicans sell illegal drugs, are simply uneducated and obtuse. The saddest part about this, however, is that a lot of these stereotypes seem to stick, leaving completely innocent people with a bad reputation. Enough is enough. It is 2016, and people need to start seeing people for who they are, not what they look like or where they come from. If racial tensions could be tamed, our society would have a lot less hatred and violence on the