Laramie Project Documentary Analysis

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The Laramie Project should be used in the Museum of Tolerance, because of the impact it had on me and it described how the tragedy happened in Laramie. During the documentary the community have said that they are tolerant of differences but they somewhat mean it. Some of the people in Laramie have hate towards the minority group such as people who are gay, but they don't show it and keep to themselves. During day 2 of the film, one of the members asked this man on what were his opinions on people who are gay. The man was very strongly against people who are gay and he would tell his children that what these people are doing is wrong and that he wouldn't want to see his children be like that. What the man has said was a very strong opinion, also on that day there was a protest that the mayor did not like people who are gay and there were other citizens of the town agreeing with him. This shows that some of the people there in the Town of Laramie have more of a hate towards people who are gay and have little tolerance. Doc O’Connor narrates. “Matt would not want the perpetrators to die. He’d want to leave them with hope” As members of the …show more content…

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