This week I saw the movie that everyone has been talking about lately, Get Out (There will probably be spoilers in this by the way). Since hearing that Jordan Peele was directing the film, I was stoked to watch it. I think this movie does a very good job on presenting how there are still some shades of modern racism and how they can be difficult for the person committing them to recognize them. An excellent example of this comes from a very innocent scene in the movie where Kris’s (the main protagonist in the story who happens to be black) father in law tells him he would vote for Obama a third time. He does this as an act of kindness from his perspective, however Kris takes is as an act of racism. Obviously this is pretty tame and many would consider this as extending an olive branch, but from Kris’s perspective he feels that he is being identified by his race instead of by who he is. I find this to be a very interesting interaction, and I can see how it can be considered racist, however I think ‘’racism’’ might be too strong of a word for it. The film obviously amplifies a lot of these interactions, there is a scene where a woman grabs Kris’s arm to see how “fit” he is. Eventually the film presents a kind of underlining message which goes something along the lines of, white people want to control the positive attributes that african americans possess such as athleticism. This is a very crude interpretation but it is what I got. Anyways it was a very good movie and I recommend everyone go check it out, the racism is not nearly as up in your face as I might make it seem, it is presented in more subtle ways and done in a very entertaining matter.
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Miriam Flores
3/5/2017 11:35:14 pm
Hello Jose,
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Lesly Garcia
3/10/2017 04:41:47 pm
Interesting perspective Miriam, contrary to your point of view I think racism should be addressed in film. I think that we tend to shy away from it in fear that we will offend someone, however, I think that bringing it up will make it more possible to call out racism and not be afraid to confront it.
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Martin Almaraz
3/11/2017 07:26:02 pm
Hello Miriam,
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5/5/2017 12:45:39 pm
I think that the ethics here would be the issue of racism right?
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