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The film, Fruitvale Station, is based upon a true story of a young, unarmed African American male, Oscar, who was shot by a Caucasian BART police officer. The film displays the final twenty-fours of Oscar Grant’s lives going through his struggles, triumphs, and eager search to change his life around. There will be an analysis of the sociological aspects displayed throughout the movie that show racism, prejudice, and discrimination. Fruitvale Station was a powerful, strong, and saddening movie for viewers globally. In January 2009, Oscar Cruz, was killed execution style by a Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) officer, when he was both un-armed and handcuffed. The film displays a day in the life before, and the moment Oscar was killed. Oscar was a young, African American male whom was a son, boyfriend, and father. The movie displayed the positive, and negatives aspects of Oscar’s choices in his life. He was not a saint; however, he had a big heart. The movie showed Oscar going through the struggle of losing his job at a grocery store, and contemplating selling drugs again. Oscar has a flashback of when he was in jail, and throws a bag of weed into the ocean. He and his girlfriend are arguing, fighting, and then making up. They take their daughter to a party, and he picks up his mom a birthday card. Essentially, the movie displays that Oscar Grant is a real person, who faces the same struggles many of us do regardless of our race. He loves his family, argues with his significant other, makes up with significant other, cherishes his daughter, loses his job, struggles with money, give stranger’s advice and is continually looking to change for a better, happier life. In this portion of the movie, there is a keen focus on showing viewers who... ... middle of paper ... ...von Martin. It's what provoked four white police officers to fire 41 bullets at Amado Diallo, another unarmed black man, in 1999”(Fruitvale Station). Oscar Cruz was racially profiled, shot and killed due to the color of his skin. This movie truly shows how racism is still real, even in modern day America. It also helps open the eyes of Americans to see for themselves, literally, the struggles African American males face in comparison to other races and ethnicities. Fruitvale Station was an authentic, clear, and realistic dramatization of the real events, and life of Oscar Cruz. The film displayed different types of sociological theories from racial profiling to prejudice to discrimination to institutional discrimination. The main objective of this film was to open the eyes of viewers to the struggles, and indifferences a minority group faces in modern day America.
Touching upon one specific case of this growing problem, she incorporates “Michael Brown,” who was an “18-year old unarmed black man shot down by a white police officer.” As heartbreaking as it sounds, it has happened on several occasions to men similar to “Michael Brown.” Accordingly, Myers formulates that it “is the same story. It is just different names.” Myers logically lists the other names of several black men who unfortunately fell victim to hate crimes, (Amadou Diallo, Sean Bell, Oscar Grant, Trayvon Martin), as well as flashing their images on the screen. Not only does Verna Myers use imagery in order to show that there is an evident issue with brutality and racism, but she knows it will tug on her viewers heartstrings. Likewise, this makes her audience become wary and sympathetic towards the situation at
All in all, the film Crash was an eye opener. Although some scenes quiet drastic, viewers were able to see Americas hidden truths. Not only did we witness racism and prejudices through one lens, but through multiple lens. For example, Anthony and Peter discuss their issues with Caucasians, the pawn shop owner battles with Farad, and Mrs. Cabot angrily confesses her feelings towards African Americans men. This learner is now aware of different cultures and racial struggles. This learning will keep in mind that cultural awareness is vital tool for the field of social work. Great
On New Year’s Day 2009, the police were called because a fight broke out on a train in Oakland, California. Oscar Grant and some of his friends were pulled off the train by former cop Johannes Mehserle. Grant struggled some with the officers while being arrested, but then he was restrained. Oscar Grant was lying on the platform when Johannes Mehserle shot him around 2 am. Granted had both hands behind his back and he was also unarmed when he was shot (Bulwa). The shooting made national headlines because bystanders videotaped it. These videos went viral and they made their way to the news (Cater).
For years, there have been many cases and events brought into light about police brutality and the unfair treatment of minorities especially African Americans. These cases were either police using unnecessary force or killing unarmed African Americans. With the rise of technology and social media, these tragic events can be recorded uploaded on websites and social media and bring those cases to light which warrant outrage and anger. Oscar Grant was one of those tragic cases where police officers killed another unarmed black men.
Based on what you have learned from the film ( and what happened with popular cases today), what do you think can be done to control police racial biases against minority groups?
One of the biggest issues depicted in the film is the struggle of minority groups and their experience concerning racial prejudice and stereotyping in America. Examples of racism and prejudice are present from the very beginning of the movie when Officer Ryan pulls over black couple, Cameron and Christine for no apparent reason other than the color of their skin. Officer Ryan forces the couple to get out of the car
Fruitvale Station is based on the true story of a young man named Oscar Grant III, who is murdered due to existing social issues such as racism. The movie displays the young man’s daily activities from waking up and getting his daughter ready for school, taking his girlfriend to work, celebrating his mother’s birthday and finally to the time at which he loses his life due to misjudgment of his character. Majority of the social issues shown throughout the film are based on the character of Oscar Grant. He is a young unemployed African-American man, who has recently been released from prison. Oscar suffers from social issues due to his past and is forced to live with the choices that he made when he was younger.
District 9 is a film that takes us into a realm of a different world from the one that we know now. It combines extraterrestrial life with immense science fiction to illustrate a story we could only imagine to ever actually occur. Although it was created for entertainment purposes, the motion picture can be compared to many different types of individuals and situations. District 9 displays many underlying concepts throughout the movie about racism, prejudice and discrimination. While studying and analyzing the plot and characters, these concepts became more translucent to me, the viewer. This paper will discuss the treatment of District 9 residents and equate their treatment to people with disabilities.
Through the film “In the Heat of the Night” racial tensions are high, but one character, the Chief of Police, Gillespie overcomes racial discrimination to solve a murder. The attitudes that he portrays in the film help us understand the challenges in changing attitudes of Southern white town towards the African Americans living there.
“There once was a time in this business when I had the eyes of the whole world! But that wasn't good enough for them, oh no! They had to have the ears of the whole world too. So they opened their big mouths and out came talk. Talk! TALK!” (Sunset Boulevard). The film Sunset Boulevard directed by Billy Wilder focuses on a struggling screen writer who is hired to rewrite a silent film star’s script leading to a dysfunctional and fatal relationship. Sunset Boulevard is heavily influenced by the history of cinema starting from the 1930s to 1950 when the film was released.
... supremacist gang, to rioting in an Asian owned grocery store, to finally brutally murdering someone. We observe as family ties become increasingly strained in every way, the viewer can easily conclude that Derek’s racism as well as his eventual influence on his younger brother ultimately contributed to their own downfall. As controversial as this movie maybe for the offensive language and brutal violence, it is a movie that deserves to be seen, and even discussed. It really provides insight into some factors within society that cannot be contained by the law or even deterred by even the harshest punishments. Even though American society is becoming more modernized as time goes by in terms of tolerance, racism will unfortunately always be prevalent in society and inevitably it will also lead some individuals to violently express their distorted mentalities.
For example, the prosecutor managed to keep blacks off the jury. This just proved that there is no justice in the legal system of the United Sates and racism and discrimination is still prevalent. Another label in the movie when the white lawyer struggles with his own feelings about race during his preparations to stand up for this black man in an all-white jury. Racial prejudices is the main point made in the movie, when we want to believe we are not color blind based off this film proved that the characters in their prejudices determined their
... that the film opens with. While the story may be slightly dramatic and pieces of the story “coincidentally” seem to fall into exactly the wrong place at the wrong time causing the tragedies in the film to happen, the events in this film are entirely capable of being a reality. Racism and prejudice continue to be prevalent issues in our society, but like Anthony, we can learn to overcome anything that holds us back from putting unity into practice and making our world a better place for everyone.
The movie Crash was directed by Paul Haggis is a powerful film that displays how race is still a sociological problem that affects one 's life. It also focuses on how we should not stereotype people based on their color because one may come out wrong in the end. Stereotyping is a major issue that is still happening in today 's society and seems to only be getting worse. This movie is a great way to see the daily life and struggle of other races and see how racism can happen to anyone, not just African Americans which seems to only be seen in the news and such.
Throughout, the documentary one can come to the conclusion that most of these African- Americans who live in this area are being judged as violent and bad people. However this is not the case, many of them are just normal people who are try...