In the class, I watched the movie, “boyz in the hood.” The movie was very old fashioned, and thus was very unique in style from other movies that I have watched. For that reason, I did not quite understand the key point of the movie at first. However, as I continued to watch the movie, I realized that the movie was about how colored people were treated differently from Caucasians.
There were two very important points I have learned from the movie. First, it taught me how the discrimination against colored people was mainly just due to the fact that they are colored, thus different and poor. Even when they behave well, they were often viewed as criminals or lower class people. Thus, they were not accepted to the society as well as Caucasians with same behaviors. Such theory is well shown in the movie. The main characters, who are colored people, were caught by the police. During the investigation process, the cop points gun at the head of the colored people, and verbally demoralize them. I highly doubt that the cop treats Caucasians in the same way.
The second point I learned from the movie was that the physical violence is not the only form of violence. When they were communicating with women, they used sexually abusive languages as jokes. For example, words like “bitch” or “ho” were used. This kind of verbal abuse is also a form of serious violence, as it demoralizes women and look down on them. If these actions are allowed in the society, it will effect young children and bring up repetitive negative cycle.
There are many other aspects of the movie that we could focus on, but for me, the topic of racism and sexism was one that left me with the strongest impression. Everyone has a right to be treated equally. No matter what their social classes, races, or sex are.
Changyong -
답글삭제A couple of things: 1) "Colored" is not an appropriate term to use in this way in English. You can say "people of color" or "African-American" in this instance instead, but "colored" is a derogatory term; 2) When writing the title of a film make sure that you capitalize it - "boyz n the hood" should really be "Boyz N the Hood."
You are allowed to write about films we screen in class, but make sure that you are adding something new to the conversation. Many of your points in this entry were things that we talked about as a group on Thursday. Make sure to add your own spin if you write about a film we screened in-class in your blog.
- Ruth
Hi Changyong ^^
답글삭제I agreed with you on the interpretations for the racism and sexism presented in the movie. I think because African-American people were already being regarded as "bad" or "lower-class" people; therefore they stop or do not want to work hard to change their lives or try to seek for a better way to solve issues. Like you said, it doesn't matter what they do they will still be looked down by others. I actually learned in my phychology class that if people were looked down by others for a long period of time, they will come to believe that they themselves are really like what other people think of them, wether negative or positive (I forgot the term for it).