Negroes In The Great Debaters

Alain Locke wrote “Enter the New Negro,” and Marcus Garvey’s speech on Negroes in the early twentieth century interconnects on “new” Americans and new cultural Politics. Psychological and social traits were examined deeply about “new negroes,” and how their emergence in society was different from when their ancestors manifested.

The movie The Great Debaters has many aspects to it that presents a biased point of view and reality. This movie helps show how determined African Americans are and that they are just like everyone else trying to play their part in this world. They have to work even harder for their chance in life than the average white man. There are multiple characteristics to this movie that you have to keep watching to see all the things they incorporate to keep the audience interested. This movie shows many literary elements and different types of biases opinions along with overcoming the typical biased thoughts in the films we watch.

The story gives us an example of all that was said in class about the slaves, and that most of them do not even remember much of where they came from, since was captured as a child or very young. It also reinforces the fact that the economic, political and social power always has been the command of the society when is shown that only the important men was really heard in the court, and the poor slaves that did not have education and a good vocabulary was discriminated because of their conditions.

In one way it is symbolic of the African Americans’ struggle for equality throughout our nation’s history. The various hardships that the narrator must endure, in his quest to deliver his speech, are representative of the many hardships that the blacks went through in their fight for equality.

The two questions in the introduction were '[w]ho makes the first step for the end of racial segregation with the help of sit-ins? And by what is that action inspired?' James Lawson is the one, who inspire those young students. Lawson explains them, that love is also a weapon to end racial segregation. He tells his students, that they can beaten and humiliated if they use his strategy. His words are quite provocative. But the students are so focused to achieve the aim of ending racial segregation, that they take the consequences. These young black activists do not want to give up until there comes the point that racial segregation ends, and everyone has equal rights. The movie shows the bravery, the motivation and the ambition, the students have, from day one to the end. And there is nothing that will stop

Martin Luther King is one of my favorite leaders, and this movie makes me have similar feelings to those struggling. David Oyelowo, the main character in this movie, being the Martin Luther King in Selma does a great job of mimicking MLK. Martin Luther King, leader in the African American Civil Rights Movement, influenced many people and won the hearts of even a lot

In one way it is symbolic of the African Americans’ struggle for equality throughout our nation’s history. The various hardships that the narrator must endure, in his quest to deliver his speech, are representative of the many hardships that the blacks went through in their fight for equality.

As we celebrate Martin Luther King Day and Black History Month, Blacks have made huge strides although coming from a past of inequality. I wasn’t particularly interested in seeing Selma because I knew what it represented. I feared to cry and get emotional over the hardships of post-slavery and the battles of the Civil Rights Movement. I knew it was going to be gruesome to watch because of its vivid depiction of how our nation used to be and a touch of reality of how it continues to become.

It paints a picture of how ruthless white people were against black people even though some of them were completely innocent men and women with good hearts. It also paints how perfect and normal-seeming life was for people like Atticus and his children. Not only was Atticus an excellent lawyer, ( which made him a highly respected person in the community) he was a white man which was basically a free get out of discrimination card! Atticus and his children were in the highest social class.

While watching this movie, it’s like I could feel what those blacks were feeling. The hate and the disrespect towards them was just ridiculous. How on earth could white people torture and kill blacks? They killed them not because they were poor, but because the color of their skin! Not all white people are rich, as well as not all blacks are poor. But, the way society has viewed blacks, blacks were always dirty worthless peasants. Until leaders like Martin Luther King Jr, stood up for the black community! This movie taught me so much stuff about the black community and how they didn’t have equal rights as the white community. As Samuel L Jackson stated in the movie “When you look at me, you don't see a man, you see a black man.” I understood more how the whites thought. They didn’t care that the two white men raped his daughter. They were more focused on the fact that a black man killed two white men intentionally. I actually think he should have killed them because during that time I’m pretty sure those two men would have gotten no time or little time for the crime that they committed. Even if the two men were black, that wouldn’t have changed his mind. He would have still killed them because they violated and hurt his daughter and while she was crying and screaming for his name, he was nowhere to be found. That made him even angrier. The way that the movie develops its plot is very unique. I never would have thought Jackson

This film helps me to shape my overall outlook at multicultural issues and problems we face as a society, in that it causes me to see people’s talents and accomplishments, based on work ethic, rather than on a person’s race. I believe that this film can help with the issues and conversations that this film speaks to, because many people can understand that courage and accomplishments can defeat stereotypes and

The Great Debaters is an extraordinary and inspiring movie; it incorporated a rich story. The move is based on a true story; the story dates back to the 1930‘s. It was about four African-American students from Wiley College who are on the school’s debate team, throughout the movie we see the discrimination they faced in the South.

I thought the movie was fantastic! The characters were perfect and so well played. It really showed all the great aspects of Jackie Robinson and his family. It also portrayed all of the hardships he had to go through and live with everyday. The message the movie was sending is that racial barriers have been broken, and many other barriers can be broken as well as long as you persevere. I learned all about Jackie Robinson, his family and how he became involved in Major League Baseball. I would most definitely recommend using the movie in class to support a content area. We could probably spend an entire week on the movie and race ideologies. This movie was a perfect example of the ideology, and it teaches you about it too. Overall it was a great film, and I am so glad it came out in time for this

In the light of, the director makes good points through the whole movie about what they went through. I like this movie because it gives me more information of the people who were involved or who were there during that time. Like, Ann Lee Coper (Oprah Winfrey), Martin Luther King (David Oyelowo), and the rest of the people who help fight for African Americans to be able to vote. The movie also shows the difficult and the happy time they went through. Even the problems with their family. No matter what’s going on, they were still focus and full invested in having freedom. What I learned from this movie was that they did not let all the obstacles of what they went through mess up their main goal because of that I am able to take those lesson for my

The smell of blood in the air grew thick. You hear the screams of the slaves with big, bloody scars all over their backs. You see the look of horror on people’s faces, and then noticed the expression on the slave owners face, an expression of pure malice. This was the treatment of the slaves back in the 1800’s. They experienced a lot of unfairness and racism for being African. These events can be compared to the racism people experience today. Racism and unfairness are issues and ongoing problems that need to be addressed because they both lead to violence. This is showing that history repeats itself and will always come back.