Throughout time, the true meaning of beauty has been viewed from many different perspectives, but no era has given witness to evolving beauty like the 1970’s and it’s new found love for life, music, and political protests.
In order to move on to the next generation first, we had to go through a series of ignorance. We had groups such as the infamous KKK who did not like to cooperate and tried everything in their power to scare the Blacks out of their area. They would go as far as burning their homes down and beating them in order to prove a point. Blacks (and any other color other than white) were viewed as appalling; a disgrace towards mankind. Law enforcement was corrupt and there were a series of police brutality issues as well as injustice …show more content…
Movies such as Watermelon Man (1970, written by Herman Rucher) staring Godfrey Cambridge, a story of a racist white man waking one morning as an African American and having to experience life that way. Experiencing life that way helped illustrate life from others viewpoints. This was revisited in the motion picture Soul Man (1986) Staring C. Thomas Howell where a Caucasian man impersonated an African American in order to win a Colored scholarship ("Soul Man." IMDb. IMDb.com, n.d. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091991/?ref_=nv_sr_1. 12 Dec. 2014.). Movies also showed African-American in roles of leadership as seen in the 1967 movie In the Heat of the Night Staring Sydney Poitier. This movie was about an African American detective who was called to investigate a murder in a racially inimical town. (IMDb. IMDB.com, n.d. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061811/?ref_=nv_sr_2. 12 Dec. 2014). Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner? (1967), helping America to see the ugly of racism and interracial relationships. The writer used a blind woman to show that color was a visual process. Blazin’ Saddles (1974) took a humorous approach to illustrate racist’s views on having an African American sent to save an all-white western town (IMDb. IMDb.com, n.d. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071230/?ref_=nv_sr_1. 12 Dec. 2014). With the appreciation of both music and illustration of “walking in each other’s shoes” in movies, there began a freedom of movement. Americans were able to change their addresses as well as their minds. They could celebrate the diversity of all the cultures of the melting pot America is known for. Americans were free to dress as they wished. They could enjoy the different foods of each other’s cultures. Words like “soul food” came into the lexicon. Americans could celebrate the holidays of others such as Cinco de Mayo, Kwanza, and
In order to move on to the next generation first, we had to go through a series of ignorance. We had groups such as the infamous KKK who did not like to cooperate and tried everything in their power to scare the Blacks out of their area. They would go as far as burning their homes down and beating them in order to prove a point. Blacks (and any other color other than white) were viewed as appalling; a disgrace towards mankind. Law enforcement was corrupt and there were a series of police brutality issues as well as injustice …show more content…
Movies such as Watermelon Man (1970, written by Herman Rucher) staring Godfrey Cambridge, a story of a racist white man waking one morning as an African American and having to experience life that way. Experiencing life that way helped illustrate life from others viewpoints. This was revisited in the motion picture Soul Man (1986) Staring C. Thomas Howell where a Caucasian man impersonated an African American in order to win a Colored scholarship ("Soul Man." IMDb. IMDb.com, n.d. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091991/?ref_=nv_sr_1. 12 Dec. 2014.). Movies also showed African-American in roles of leadership as seen in the 1967 movie In the Heat of the Night Staring Sydney Poitier. This movie was about an African American detective who was called to investigate a murder in a racially inimical town. (IMDb. IMDB.com, n.d. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061811/?ref_=nv_sr_2. 12 Dec. 2014). Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner? (1967), helping America to see the ugly of racism and interracial relationships. The writer used a blind woman to show that color was a visual process. Blazin’ Saddles (1974) took a humorous approach to illustrate racist’s views on having an African American sent to save an all-white western town (IMDb. IMDb.com, n.d. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071230/?ref_=nv_sr_1. 12 Dec. 2014). With the appreciation of both music and illustration of “walking in each other’s shoes” in movies, there began a freedom of movement. Americans were able to change their addresses as well as their minds. They could celebrate the diversity of all the cultures of the melting pot America is known for. Americans were free to dress as they wished. They could enjoy the different foods of each other’s cultures. Words like “soul food” came into the lexicon. Americans could celebrate the holidays of others such as Cinco de Mayo, Kwanza, and