Racial Discrimination In Freedom Writers: A Relatable Movie

Freedom Writers portrays how people from different backgrounds can forget about their differences for a purpose that is bigger than all of them. The are united by their similar pasts of lost family members and friends. Gang violence has created a divide in their lives and caused a large amount of emotional pain. In Freedom Writers, students from all ethnicities are incorporated, and show the process of their division and coming together. This movie shows the racism in our past. It can also be seen in today’s society, but it doesn’t appear as often. We are divided as a nation, and the main goal is to unite us as a nation to make us stronger as a whole. The movie shows how it is not easy to join people from different racial backgrounds, but it …show more content…
It provides a problem and gives a possible solution that can be used as a lesson to everyone. The people in this country can relate to the issues that are presented in the movie. Racial discrimination has appeared in many different forms, but it will take a group effort to solve this issue. Our country should want everyone to feel equal and that our rights are fair for everyone. It seems that the minorities make up the the majority of people who feel that they are being treated unfairly. This obviously needs to change. Everyone should feel like they are safe, treated equally and fairly, and be able to speak out against injustices. The solution to this problem will not be a short term thing, it is going to be a process that will slowly improve the situations around the country. If the problem of racial discrimination is ever solved, we will be able to focus on other national and world wide problems. Through our history, we have lost many lives over racial discrimination that has resulted in violence, and there is no reason that we should lose any more. People have dedicated their lives to different movements such as the Civil Rights movement. We can all learn from the movie, Freedom Writers. We should try to make a change in our community to promote equal rights, because every movement has to start