Stereotypes In The Film Identity, By Stella Davis

Do you ever feel like everyone has a “thing”? That one thing, something they’re good at? But you just can’t seem to find your thing? Then you share the same feeling with Doug Glatt, played by Seann William Scott has in the movie Goon. All Dougs family and friends have their thing, his parents and brother are doctors, his best friend has a hockey themed webcast he owns, but Doug has nothing but his job as a bouncer at the local bar. All that changes when a hockey coach witnesses Doug in a fight, bashing some unfortunate souls face in, he quickly offers doug the opportunity to play hockey as an enforcer claiming, “You’ve been touched by the fist of God for Christ’s sake!” . An enforcer is a player in hockey who is on the ice solely to protect the team’s star players, they are “goons”.

The movie Glory can be described as a classic “underdog story.” It is a true story about a group of African American soldiers known as the 54th Massachusetts Regiment who faced constant prejudice and resentment by white soldiers and officers throughout the Union. However, under the leadership of Colonel Robert Shaw, they were able to prove themselves as a formidable fighting force at the battle of Fort Wagner. Although the 54th Regiment suffered heavy casualties they showed the Union that African American soldiers could be just as effective as white soldiers. While the movie Glory did paint an accurate picture of the Civil War, the 54th Regiment, and the Battle of Fort Wagner, it did have its fair share of stereotypes.

The connections I anticipate my group members will make as a result of this question is to experiences that they have underestimated people by how the look, not how they truly are. They might think that someone is incapable of a task until they're proven wrong. This can also relate to the quote “Never judge a book by its cover”. It means to never make something or someone feel smaller or less important than they actually are, as in this saying it is the book. You never know how the book really is, by just looking at the cover. Additionally, connections I foresee my group will create based on the critical thinking question made is to the book “Cue for Treason” by Geoffrey Trease since all group members were in that group. In the book, underestimation was one of the several themes represented. This is to the character Burbage. Burbage thought that Kit was ten

In the film, the character Jeffries, is middle class and has different respects for Lisa and Stella, both ladies’ gender influencing on the way he communicates with them. Jeffries character portrays a casual person who doesn't car much for money or wealth, but thrives on adventure, qualities which can be linked to the director himself. He is content and comfortable with the way he lives and happy working in a job that he loves, but not currently as he is “trapped” in his leg cast. Some of the characters don't have this luxury as him but rather a job that is solely provide them with money, like Miss Lonely Heart. Jeffries is disparaging of the wealthy, which is targeted to Lisa on many occasions, and believes that they live in a world with not

When I was brought into the world, I was not aware of the hand that I was dealt with. I was completely oblivious to human constructs that inevitably left our world divided. I did not know about race, religion, sexuality or gender roles. If it had not been for the media, I would not have tried to put so much emphasis on the label that was given to me, Latina. When reading Issa Rae’s essay “The Struggle”, I felt a sense of comfort knowing that someone else had gone through similar experiences.

Becky Prim is a 2016 pilot created by Karl Hadrika. Hadrika states that the short is a proof-of-concept only and therefore isn’t fully animated and most of the voices are done by Hadrika himself. Despite this, he was able to craft an entertaining pilot brimming with personality in every frame! From the moment the film begins, it’s clear that “Becky Prim” isn’t your typical cartoon! We start with a parody of retro educational films called “Bad Habits An’ Living Right!”

impressions made on other people weather we are in contact with them or not (194). In the book,

Throughout this chapter, Korgen main arguments pertained to the media’s portrayal of Black and White biracial characters in movies. Typically the media portrays people with lighter skin to have more positive characteristics while people with darker skin more negative characteristics. Media is one first place young children get these images from and it can have a huge impression on them without even knowing it. They are placed within this social class of existence. “Viewers tend to pay the most attention to characters who share their age, race, and gender and those they wish they could be like” (Korgen, 2010, pg. 89). Biracial Americans go through the toughest scrutiny by both races on whether they fit into either group. I know my brother and sister have this issue from the time they were little especially my sister, she is lighter skinned and was never truly accepted by the black or white girls at school.

For instance, Mai Goda, from “Still Me Inside,” punctuates her experience with assumptions when she makes the decision to dye her hair a bright red. Ultimately, she describes instances where she felt intimidated and was classified as part of another group by her appearance. When she arrived late for school, the vice principal mistook her for a punk delinquent. Also, at her flute recital, parents appeared surprised when the beautiful music was coming from the girl with the stark hairstyle. Therefore, although people are judged initially by appearance, the identity of an individual or group is a collection of both self-perception, interests, and social-depiction.

No matter how open-minded a person may claim to be, everyone makes presumptions on first impressions or rumors. Despite seeing someone for only a split second, people make assumptions about others’ attitude, personality, and character! Usually, people tend to notice things that they feel are grounds to pass judgment upon. The quote “ You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view.... Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it” by Harper Lee is a quote that truly signifies how people should perceive others. Rather than judging someone, people should place themselves in their shoes and try to understand their way of thinking

For segment 1 we talked about identity and how people often wear a mask to hid their emotions or appear a certain way in front or different audiences. For my project I created my own mask to show just the surface of how I try to act at school versus at home. The school side of me is reflected often in the things I say I enjoy or the way I act. I know for a fact that at school I try to come off more intelligent and confident than I am. I'm not sure why I do this but it just happens. At school I act like things don't bother me or change my interests to “be like everyone else.” Even if I put up this act at school I should be myself at home. Still even as I looked at myself around people I know won't judge me I still see a mask. It is not the same

Hidden Figures, an extraordinary film that shines light on women existence and their intelligence. The women, Katherine Johnson, Mary Jackson, Dorothy Vaughan used the power of their intelligence to decipher complex math calculations, computer language to build rockets that other could not see. Throughout the movie racial descrepancies were vividly clear, but these eager women had something to stand for. They dared not let the words of bitterness deter them of their worth.

It has been previously proven, that in the first few moments of meeting someone, we form an opinion of them. The problem with this idea is stereotypes. One of our society's biggest mistake is that we judge people based on what they look like, or how they act.

Society has a way of making assumptions based on one’s physical characteristics. Often at times we categorize individuals to a particular social group. In regard to society’ perception of an individual this however, contributes to the development of social construction of racism. Most people want to be identified as individuals rather than a member of specific social group. As a result, our social identity contains different categories or components that were influenced or imposed. For example, I identify as a, Jamaican, Puerto Rican and a person of color. I identify racially as a person of color and ethically as Jamaican and Puerto Rican. According to Miller and Garren it’s a natural human response for people to make assumptions solely

Many people base their opinions about others on first impressions. We do not take the time to get to know someone and create a relationship with them. With a first impression many usually look at fashion. We judge people 's social status based on looks. At times, we apply the same idea of judging a book by its cover to other humans even without noticing. We examine their every move trying to find something different about them. Just