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I went and researched all four movies Athena Cinema, on Court Street, has to offer. I chose Dear White People because the title itself focuses on race. The term racism is defined as an irrational belief in the superiority of a given group, nation, or people usually one’s own. Dear White People is the name of a controversial radio program where Samantha White broadcasted. Samantha White is a college student at Winchester University. Samantha White’s scandalous radio show is blown of out proportion

People live there lives based on history. White people live there lives based on the history of how they oppressed the black people. History is present in everyone, from when you are young to adults (Baldwin, par.3). People learn of there history of what their people did and they feel guilty of their peoples actions. White people have an instinctual fear that the black people will oppress the white people exactly like they did to them (par. 10). This is a fear because of something called color (par

We discuss many concepts in our African American Culture class, a discussion that we’ve had, that stuck out to me most is the discussion from the episode of Dear White People. Dr. Jones asked the class about a specific part in the episode, saying that although we, the class, might not have deemed it as important, she saw the part as a contributing factor to the plot of the episode. The class had many answers for her question, such as Reggie and Sam’s relationship, or about the “woke” peers and the

White People and “What Is Race?”: Examining Racial Colorblindness’ As both the documentary and the article convey, the modern concept of being blind to race is not a logical perspective when opposing racial discrimination. In White People, the idea of racial “colorblindness” was described as “not seeing race,” and subsequently being of the opinion that would be “society would be better off if we never acknowledged race” (White People). In the article “What Is Race?” the colorblind stance “appears

The motives behind racism as to why people make discriminatory comments has made me think about if people actually feel superior to another type of people or is there some other reason. I understand that there are probably people out there that may dislike a certain race and maybe they really do feel superior but I wonder if that is just a justification or excuse in an attempt to maintain

White people did not allow black people at first in the sport activity. White people did not want to have any contact with black community. Black people were only allowed to have their own leagues. They were not allowed to be in the leagues that they had white athletes. The black people could only compete with themselves. It was very hard for black people to even have any competition with other races in that period of time. After a while when white people started noticing that black people were actually

Dear White People by Justin Simien was released and the purpose of the movie was to follow 4 black kids at an ivy league school and show first hand what they go through. The main character Sam had a documentary called “Dear White People”, which she used to express how she felt about white on black discrimination in her school and in the world. This bothered some kids in her school and fellow classmate asked, “Gabe: So, Sam, how would you feel if someone started a "Dear Black People"? Sam White: No

The movie “Dear White People” starts off when the coverage of a controversial party on a prestigious campus, a black-face party to be exact. It goes on to explore the life of the main character, Sam, who has a radio show “Dear White People” and addresses modern day racism. She confronts racism head-on and when asked “What if there was a dear black people” she says that modern media already says how they feel about people of color. Considering this is a modern movie, it covers modern issues with racism

After watching the film Dear White People, I was not entirely sure if I enjoyed the production or not. At first, I was not a fan of the movie, but about midway through I started appreciating it more. I think producer Justin Simien appropriately used satire in the film by almost ridiculing every cast member, not just focusing on someone who was heterosexual, black, white, or what socioeconomic class they came from. I am sure at different colleges and universities race relations exist. I personally

For the past few weeks, we have been reading Lac Su's I Love Yous Are For White People: A Memoir, which recounts Su's childhood as he adjusts to American life while seeking the affection of his father. This week we were asked to focus on the intersection between love and violence in the family, as depicted in Su's work. Lac is a Vietnamese-refugee youth who had escaped Communist Vietnam with his father, mother, and baby sister, and migrated to the United States. Lac is desperate to gain a sense of