African-American History Since 1877 Film Analysis

This shows us their side of this time. We can see and relate to how hard an average day of their live is. They wake up really early get their kids ready for the day, then they catch the bus to work, wake up and get the children of the white people ready for the day. Then they clean, do all the chores for them and just about anything else they tell them to do. Then after putting the white children to sleep they finally go home and put their own children to sleep. After they put their own children to sleep they clean and get their own house in order. They worked so hard and through this movie we go to see it in a different

This movie in particular was three hours long, for most viewing a three hour film with speaking is draining. Seeing that I could barely endure my focus on what was being shown. I decided to divide the movie up into three days for an hour. For those days I took notes and really analyzed what I thought was wrong and miss told. In the movie the embellishments about Africa Americans was misguiding. The beginning of the second half, the whites were holding up signs stating they wanted “Equal rights, equal politics and equal marriages.” Realistically speaking, we all know that was not the case. For the most part whites only wanted that for themselves not for the whole community. The way that Griffith tried to reveal whites was in a way that said they were in favor for equal rights for all. That they were the “helpless white minority.” And to be quite honest I think that’s pushing it.

Did the film reveal any form of RACISM or STEREOTYPING from any perspective? Please elaborate with details/examples (14.28 Possible Points). 100 word minimum between the two

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The USA in the 1970’s was not a very friendly society, black and white people could not get along together because of each other’s skin colour, and people were quick to judge on each other’s personality just by looking at their physical appearance. Up to this day, people are still being treated unfairly or looked at differently because of their skin colour all around the globe. Even though the event that this movie is trying to reenact is from the 1970’s, the problems that are being solved in the movie still occurs today. By showcasing the key message of this whole movie, which is overcoming racism, through a particular scene, it inspires and motivates the audience to be kind to others, to not discriminate and to not judge anyone by the colour of their skin but by their soul and their

5. How does this film help to shape your overall outlook at Multicultural issues and the problems we face as a society? Do you believe that this film can help with the issue(s) and conversations about what the film speaks to? Why or why not?

This movie opened my eyes and help me to gain a sociological perspective into the high schools in America. I was able to notice all of the different norms, values, and types of cultures that make up high school. While teenagers in high school have their own type of culture there are also many subcultures that make up the school. An example of a time in which the audience sees these subcultures is when the

There was lots of miscarriage of justice that occurred in this movie that caught me by surprise and disappointment me. If this was a woman from Harlem or another poor city, this would not have been such a big case. In the movie, they talk about the woman being raped and thrown off the balcony and no one had any issue with that. It was not even public headlines in most newspapers, not fair how some stories get more popularity over others.

I stared blankly at the screen as the credits rolled in, the black screen appeared indicating that the documentary was over. Pure anger boiled through my blood. I was angry that I’ve been lied too, That I spent years in school believing the lies that were told. The history book tells us that Thomas Edison invented the first light bulb, but in reality it was a black man by the name of Lewis Latimer that made that light bulb flick on. Just like a handful of Africans were brought here to America by those slave ships, I had lost my identity. Slavery is the only past were given. Hidden colors was the documentary that completely transformed me. It brought out my passion for African American History. I never realize how much of an impact a documentary

This film points out very good points. We are a generation that only cares about things that happen in front of us and that somehow affect us, but I believe that every generation has been this way. When black people were discriminated is this country, the people who were directly affected by it were the one who fought for equality. Back when I lived in the Dominican Republic, I felt that I didn’t know anything about the world, I only knew what I was told by other people in my community. There was not a way to figure it out by myself because I didn’t have the technology at my hand on those times. The role of technology in my generation is essential because is knowledge, you can find anything you want with it. I think that knowledge is understanding

With that being said, it demonstrates our nation is moving away from discrimination. Another particular scene that stood out to me was when Jackie was in Florida for a baseball game. During this scene, he was housed with a team associate. While he was asleep a group of white males arrived at the place Jackie was resting and threated them before things get worse. Another import situation that occurred in the film was when Jackie’s team arrived to check into hotels they were denied because Jackie was black.

Discrimination is reprehensible, but stereotypes are stereotypes for a reason, and it’s not easy for members of a despised class to overcome the reasons why the majority loathes them. The film also

1) I believe the author; Steven Spielberg, intended to send a message concerning the human rights all humans have, and attempt to further enhance our understanding of the justice system, and its importance. With the amount of discriminations going on in the past few hundred years, I believe the message was to better inform the population of today about the truth and to help them respect the value of difference and life.

Another positive thing this movie showed was how easily the Christian and Jewish communities cooperated about removing the swastika from the church. Officials from the church and temple Israel campaigned together to get the swastika removed. This shows that the issues involving race and diversity are not that divisive at all. Almost everyone agrees

I think the underlying problem that is demonstrated in the film is the failure of people to look past the faultlines of color and culture. I think this is