In society there are tons of issues, from social issues to racial issues and so on. Throughout the semester we’ve watched numerous movies and read stories. Many dealt with different issues and many also related. Here are a few examples and stories we’ve read and watched which shows human condition “Saturday Night Fever”, by John Badham, “Do the right thing”, by Spike Lee, The death of Yusuf Hawkins, 20 Years later, by Sewell Chan, and The killers by Ernest Hemingway.
In the film, “Tribal Rites of the New Saturday Night”, by John Badham, helps us understand gender issues in the later 1900s. Many of the issues still exist today, Annette is a character who liked Tony and when she realized she wasn’t going to get her she let his friends have sex …show more content…
Sal has a pizzeria which has been around for over 25 years without any problems. The people around the neighborhood loved him until Buggin out questions his wall of only Italian American and no Black celebrities. He started a riot and this lead to a huge scene in which Radio Raheem was choked to death by police officers. This is an issue that still exists today, such as the Eric Garner case which he was strangled to death from a choke hold which was banned already. Garner was choked after police officer believed he was selling illegal cigarettes. They had put him on a choke hold and held him to the ground after 11 cries for help Garner passed away. This is just one example of racial discrimination that has happen recently. When you open a newspaper there is a 95% chance you will read and see an issue or a case on police brutality, often times on colored males. The movie do the right thing was made over 25 years ago and not much have changed. Racial issues have made little progress as I mentioned above, Racism will never be eradicated from society as long as you have a living organism it will exist. But we can work and make it less harmful to society. At a young age people are taught racism, racism isn’t something you are born with but something you teach from media to parents. In media all you hear is the bad stuff about people but when they do something good the media is quiet because …show more content…
Sam was called a “Nigger”, in the story which is a very clear indication that during the 1900s that was how society viewed him. If they used this term in the story which showed they were more likely able to get away with it, however if you use it today in the same concept there will be lots of controversy. Sam wanted to stay out of the issue as in the story he had said “You better bit gave anything to do with it at all; you better stay way out of it”. Sam may have felt that way because of his race. During the early 20th century African American still were fighting for their right which shows Sam didn’t want to get into any issues or fights while in the case of Nick went to go visit and tell Anderson. During the time of the story creations African American had just started getting recognition such as the Harlem Renaissance which started in the 1920s. During 1931 nine black African American youth were charged in raping two white women there was little evidence however the southern jury wanted to sentence them to death in which the Supreme Court overturned the conviction twice. Finally 4/9 boys are freed while the other five severed long prison terms. African Americans were getting some power and gaining however the fact that five of the boys were sentenced even with little evidence showed at the time they had still little rights. As I mentioned in all of the works racism is they key aspect and the theme. We live in a
In the film, “Tribal Rites of the New Saturday Night”, by John Badham, helps us understand gender issues in the later 1900s. Many of the issues still exist today, Annette is a character who liked Tony and when she realized she wasn’t going to get her she let his friends have sex …show more content…
Sal has a pizzeria which has been around for over 25 years without any problems. The people around the neighborhood loved him until Buggin out questions his wall of only Italian American and no Black celebrities. He started a riot and this lead to a huge scene in which Radio Raheem was choked to death by police officers. This is an issue that still exists today, such as the Eric Garner case which he was strangled to death from a choke hold which was banned already. Garner was choked after police officer believed he was selling illegal cigarettes. They had put him on a choke hold and held him to the ground after 11 cries for help Garner passed away. This is just one example of racial discrimination that has happen recently. When you open a newspaper there is a 95% chance you will read and see an issue or a case on police brutality, often times on colored males. The movie do the right thing was made over 25 years ago and not much have changed. Racial issues have made little progress as I mentioned above, Racism will never be eradicated from society as long as you have a living organism it will exist. But we can work and make it less harmful to society. At a young age people are taught racism, racism isn’t something you are born with but something you teach from media to parents. In media all you hear is the bad stuff about people but when they do something good the media is quiet because …show more content…
Sam was called a “Nigger”, in the story which is a very clear indication that during the 1900s that was how society viewed him. If they used this term in the story which showed they were more likely able to get away with it, however if you use it today in the same concept there will be lots of controversy. Sam wanted to stay out of the issue as in the story he had said “You better bit gave anything to do with it at all; you better stay way out of it”. Sam may have felt that way because of his race. During the early 20th century African American still were fighting for their right which shows Sam didn’t want to get into any issues or fights while in the case of Nick went to go visit and tell Anderson. During the time of the story creations African American had just started getting recognition such as the Harlem Renaissance which started in the 1920s. During 1931 nine black African American youth were charged in raping two white women there was little evidence however the southern jury wanted to sentence them to death in which the Supreme Court overturned the conviction twice. Finally 4/9 boys are freed while the other five severed long prison terms. African Americans were getting some power and gaining however the fact that five of the boys were sentenced even with little evidence showed at the time they had still little rights. As I mentioned in all of the works racism is they key aspect and the theme. We live in a