Nouvelle Racism

Even in the advanced world we live in today, racism is still a strong presence in our everyday lives. Racism today can be seen in a variety of ways that are different than past displays. For instance, my friends that attended public high schools said that they noticed more racism from African Americans toward Caucasians than vice versa. In a lot of movies that are released in theaters today, it seems that the directors do a very good job of not displaying racism in movies, unless the movie is obviously about racism. In one of Mel Brooks’ most well known movies the 1974 film, Blazing Saddles, racism is shown in a different manner than almost any other

Although, the writers and the directors are the main people who create the content of the film, they do not have a responsibility to avoid stereotyping ethnic characters in the movie because it is just the connection between the

Asian American have been depicted as malicious, sneaky and evil minded others that always threaten to rape innocent white maidens. They are thought of as not being able to speak proper English and in the American cinema there are three formulaic traditions regarding the way Asians are depicted in movies, according to Jun Xing: the yellow peril, the Madame Butterfly and the Charlie Chan stories (Jun, Xing. Asian America Through the Lens. Alta Misa Press. 1998.

Racism is on the rise in France due to the lack of representation of their current population in films. The films produced are including majority white actors or actresses who are considered to be “True French”. The definition of “True French” is someone who is born and raised in France with Caucasian descent. The phrase “True French” displays the separation of the French population and the power of white privilege. Furthermore, the issue of race will continue to worsen if the lack of representation continues and the power of white privilege will increase.

According to Wikipedia, racist itself means a system of belief or doctrine that inherent biological differences in human races determine cultural or individual achievement that a particular race is superior and has the right to organize other races . Racism, the problem in this movie is the holocaust. Where for Jews, the Holocaust means devastation to life, particularly heinous massacre of Jews and Nazi Germany under the leadership of Adolf Hitler during World War II. Holocaust itself comes from the Greek, the word holocaust means all burning. And from the hebrew language, rather than word meaning Hashoah disaster. So that the holocaust itself can be interpreted as a systematic murder supported by state of Nazi Germany led by Adolf Hitler and lasts throughout the territory controlled by the Nazis. Of the nine million Jews living in Europe before the Holocaust, approximately two-thirds were killed. In particular, more than one million Jewish children killed in the Holocaust, as well as approximately two million Jewish women and three million Jewish men

This movie was made in 1953 when Indigenous people were being thrown into residential schools and having their land taken away from them. At the time of production, the producers felt that there was nothing wrong with film because during that period of time racism was a part of everyday life. In order to get a better understanding of these problems within the film I had to watch it. After watching the film, I was shocked at how much racism and sexism was a part of the film. Directors often degrade minority groups by portraying them a certain way so they are not put in the same category as the main characters. The imagery is in movie portrayed indigenous people in a negative manner. In one of the scenes, an Indian chief is shown yelling and making animal noises. This scene is unacceptable as it leads the audience to perceive Indigenous people as illiterate. Moreover, the scene dehumanizes the Indian Chief by portrayed him as an animal rather than a human. This contributes to the major problem of dehumanization because if the Chief is portrayed as an animal the audience is less connected with him therefore the racism did not seem that serious. When kids watch this movie, they take all of this in and it sticks with them so when they do see an Indigenous person in the outside world, they view them as animals instead of actual human beings.

Now it is possible that I may be getting ahead of myself when talking about racism in the film. While it

After viewing this film, I feel I have a deeper understanding of racism and discrimination. I have always felt that you can never understand another person and their actions or abilities until you have walked in their shoes. I was very surprised by how quickly both the children and the adults began to exhibit the attributes

Over the years we have seen the same white story told a thousand times that we have become desensitized to it, never expecting anything else. America was a European-White country but it has become one of the most diverse countries in the world, so American isn’t just white anymore. We are at a place in our society where we can and should be talking about race and one of the best ways to do this is through film, but there has been little to no change over the past decades. Films tend to lean toward white backdrops because it is more “relatable”; Noah the 2012 film used an all white cast because they were considered

Some people are judging others by the way other people look or by their skin color. According to the article In Living Color: Race and American Culture, “film and television have been notorious in disseminating images of racial minorities which establish for audience what these groups look like, how they behave”(542). When the film and television cast the actor base on their skin color for some specific roles such as funny character for African American and fighter character for Asian, it shows that the producers are stereotype because they believe that other race cannot qualify for those specific roles. Because the media has really strong impact on this society, it makes people have the same stereotype as the producers. The movie makes people believe that what they are able to do is depend on their race, so it makes people afraid to try the new in their life such as Asian can be a great athlete because of everything in their mind is they cannot made it.

The emotional reaction that the filmmakers intended for anyone who watch this film is that no matter what skin, hair and eye color is no one deserves to be labeled. No race should be discriminated and criticize. We should all get along and just be proud of where our roots come from. This film also intended for everyone who watch this film, is that there should not have to be obstacles to be proud of your own race.

There are many times when people say that everyone has some sort of prejudice towards an ethnic group. A perfect example is that of the portrayal of races through stereotypes in American films that are being made and sold to the public. Since the beginning of the silent black and white movies there have been stereotypes that misrepresent ethnic groups, such as the negative portrayal of African-Americans in minstrel shows. Although these extreme negative racist portrayals have ended, the film industry still insists on adding stereotypes that negatively portrays ethnic minorities, such as Asian-Americans, Hispanics-Americans, and African-Americans.

When someone mention ‘Racism’ what comes to our mind? Most people think that Racism is the discrimination of one's race through their genetical and physical characteristics compare to the other race. Racism is easy to recognize and separate ourselves from easily. Former President Barack Obama stated that “It’s not just a matter of it not being polite to say ‘nigger’ in public. That’s not the measure of whether racism still exists or not. It’s not just a matter of overt discrimination. Societies don’t, overnight, completely erase everything that happened 200 to 300 years prior (National Public Radio).” Racism is everywhere but the causes of the racism still exist even though we are created equally. But sometimes due to lack of the knowledge of other culture, which could develop Racism among the other race. What does it take when Horror film takes fear of racism? It can be unsettling when we can see clear dichotomy between good and evil and the obscure fear we create on. And so Horror films are used to guide those people who are discriminating black people on how they feel. Black characters in the film are often offer subtle difference on how we deal with the matters of race. Jordan peele, a director of Get Out, has done a great job in the Horror genre of showing the fear of being black in the modern world. He had placed a modern social issues which dealt with race into an thrilling and entertaining horror film.

In order to properly understand colourism, it is important to know where it came from. For comparisons sake, racism can be thought of as a cousin to colourism, as both of these issues can be traced back to slavery. European and American slave owners were Christian and believed in the Abrahamic God, as well as followed the bible. These slave owners utilized the bible and God to justify the enslavement of African people. They were particularly fond of the Talmudic accounts of Genesis which stated that Ham’s descendants were cursed by God to “be born ugly and black”(Genesis 9:27).

In France, those born there are content with their citizenship. Things for the 1st generation are hard due to the influences that racism and prejudice against immigrants, and how that factors into the mentality that immigrants have in new nations. In many ways, the resident population of countries are hostile to newcomers. Because of this, as immigrants they tend to join together with others from the same background because they feel safer and more comfortable. Think about it this way. Say you Are new to France and you only speak broken tongue (your language) and your mannerisms and culture are radically different from the culture there. Every attempt to go out into the mainstream world is a difficult endeavour because you are different, and