Review: Shot In The Dark

Stories in the dark by Debra Oswald was written in 2007, this creative production explored tensions of families torn apart by war and uses a powerful mixture of horror, humour and hope. It was a challenging theatrical experience full of strong language, fast movement and sound. In this production, the concept was War Stories including an adaptation of Debra Oswald’s original play. The director blended Naturalism with Brechtain influenced poems, monologues and songs centred on the theme of war in the hope of examining human nature through emotion and believable relationships.

Lee has invited the reader to interpret the dominant reading of racial prejudice. It is obvious to the reader that racial prejudice is incorrect and the treatment of ‘African-Americans' is cruel and unjust. Racial prejudice is also a major

The social perception of racial equality is still a topic of debate today; however, it is in stark contrast to the perception forty years ago. In fact, the media still portrays many situations where black people are discriminated against and are not treated equally. Sadly, one often misinterpreted notion has

Imagine a person being labeled as inferior because of a complexion they cannot control. African Americans have been treated unfairly solely because of the color of their skin throughout history. The idea behind this is what is defined as colorism, which is the prejudice or discrimination against individual with a dark skin tone, typically among people of the same ethnic group (Oxford Dictionary). Colorism has been prominent throughout history, allowing discrimination and hatred towards people with darker skin, more specifically African Americans. In a world filled with racism, prejudice, discrimination, colorism is another factor that has similar effects when it comes to the treatment of African Americans. Martin Luther Kings Jr.’s, “Letter from Birmingham Jail” and Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man both connect to the role that colorism plays in the lives of African Americans. Martin Luther King’s letter explicitly explains how society influences colorism and how it creates injustices. Ellison’s novel gives further insight on the more psychological and personal affect colorism has on Black people by using lots of symbolism in the novel throughout the novel to portray it. Constantly being put down because of how dark someone is will eventually lower an individual’s confidence, knowing that they will miss out on opportunities simply because they have darker skin. Colorism negatively affects how people treat African Americans and also how African Americans feel about themselves.

In this story it is much more than a case of black and white, there is prejudice in many forms.

Throughout the novel it is apparent that everyday instances of racism occur, causing people of color to feel outcasted. There are two very obvious occasions where this happened. In the first instance two African American woman are in a workspace of primarily all white co-workers. When a woman they worked with got these two names mixed up, it was stated that she had a “fifty-fifty chance of getting it right” insinuating that these two women are the only black ones working here. Later, the woman who had the mix-up with the names wrote an apology note; however, in the note she stated it was “our mistake” and seemingly put part of the blame on the to women. This is a primary example of how African Americans can be thrown against a white background making them seem different than everyone else.

In the 21st century, there are still places in our country that are prejudice and act out in such a way as to let the colored family know they are not welcome. I live in a town just like it, if you are a colored, you stay away from some businesses because of the remarks, you only can live in a certain section of town, and if you are a woman, you best be home taking care of the home and kids. It is difficult to see prejudice rule in today's society, truly the coloreds that work for the county get the worst jobs and get paid less, but no one says anything, they are just happy to have a job. in our county of 19,000 people we have 2 colored families, (we had 3, but the third family was lesbian and they were driven out of town, it was

In the book Warriors Don’t Cry, the children of Little Rock were greatly influenced by the society on how they should treat people of color. For example, the students of Central High School were considerably shaped and groomed by their parents racist views. Link’s father told him “colored folks are used to doing without, and i ought not spoil them” (282). These comments have caused children to believe that people of color don't deserve to anything, which led to the verbal and physical abuse towards the nine students at Central High School.

Since the beginning of time, people have been disrespected due to their race and color. For example, there is a great deal of racism going on now for the reasons that the person is either a different

The African-American community has endured a notable amount of troublesome tribulations, primarily in cultural identity. The wide array of challenges that minorities undergo when classifying a specific race is illogical, and rather insane. The struggle, hassle, and strain placed on minorities for embracing their identity will continuously be stereotyped or judged by a non-oppressed individual, or better yet our modern society. The ongoing list of imperfections a minority is labeled with when classifying their race, ensures being a minority is an undesirable feature or demographic. African-Americans constantly receives disapproval and hatred, along with a long record of wrong-doings that have been done to people of color. Generally, the outward appearance of an individual of color could possibly suffer from racial profiling, mass incarceration, brutality, police brutality, and exploitation inequalities. The negative suppositions, hypotheses, and assumptions that African-American people group receive, is essentially outstanding as prejudice.

Our obsession with judging our fellow man rather than trying to understand him as well as our penchant for creating smokescreens to cover the real issues are ripping out our hearts and trampling our souls. We live in an enlightened time, but yet we stand guard at the gates of yesterday protecting a past that has little to offer but distrust, anger, hurt, and alienation from our fellow man. We live in a society of non-discriminatory intolerance. We live in a society often unwilling to acknowledge the truth behind its sins or that it has sinned. As a people, we are quick to denunciate but slow to act and take responsibility. Regardless of the color of our skin, we have embraced intolerance to the point that it has become our norm, and it is that intolerance that now lays siege to all that we love and care for as a nation.

As I backed out of the driveway, blood rushing to my face, I had a sudden realization. My entire life I have been looked at as a stereotype rather than a human being. The color of my skin led to people already having judgement about me before engaging in a conversation. Race is a minor characteristic yet it is deeply constructed within our society. The difficulties that black people experience bubbles up racial tension underlying the “post-racial” society that we live in. It is important to have the vocabulary to describe your lived experiences in order to feel like they are justified because people are always trying to dismiss them. “You people always make everything about race!” they would exclaim. Because, for us, everything is about race and it has always been that way. Black people can’t simply live their lives without the presence of their race being objectified. Those who do not understand need to not only recognize but acknowledge race without being oblivious to the reality of this

An example that we can see of this theme is the conflict of the Tom Robinson case. Being black played a part in everyone thinking that he could have been the one who raped and hit Mayella. When the Town's people hear that Tom will be defended by Atticus they become infuriated “ Your father's no better than the niggers trash he works for !”(135) , this shows how the town has turned against Atticus because he will be defending Tom Robinson a black colored skin person. In addition to the adults dissing on the fact that Atticus will be defending a black the town's kids are also dissing about it when Cecil Jacobs tells Scout, “ My folks said your daddy was a disgrace an’ that nigger oughta hang from the water-tank!”(102). The town of Maycomb has turned against Atticus for defending Tom, who has been accused of raping and hitting a white

As I go to sleep, I dream of a place where everyone is treated equally and not judged by their race or culture. As I wake up the next morning I tell myself, “Life being treated equally… What is that?”  For years racism has been around, When will it ever stop? We the people are tired of seeing innocent black lives on the news being shot up by police officers for looking “suspicious”. If the law does not seem to notice how big of a problem racism is becoming, One suggestion that I would give them is that they should take their time to read “Room For Rent”,  By Richie Narvaez. After reading that story, it will give you a better view on how racism is a huge problem. While I was reading this story, it made me more interested to find out if this is really happening or is it just a myth. It makes me wonder if people actually face these ethnicity problems.

Growing up in an age where an individual's skin color determined whether or not one was important or irrelevant led multiple people to pursue jobs that made them less than human. Whites are accustomed to treating those inferior to them poorly as if they were not even human beings but more as animals. If change were to actually be made though, they would lose their identity as being superior. People of color were repeatedly told they were not good enough to become police men, firemen, or even a basic desk man. They were doomed to the life of a factory worker and potentially becoming a slave to their job.