Soloman Discrimination

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Discrimination is the physical unjust treatment towards different people. In the film, 12 Years a Slave, discrimination is extremely prominent. For instance, in the thirtieth minute, coloured people are introduced by their clothes, family and identity being stripped away from them. For instance, Soloman, (a main slave in the film) is introduced by the stripping of his clothes, kidnapped and separated from his family and given a different name. Additionally, Soloman is then referred to as, Patsey, however, when he doesn’t respond to his new name, he is severely beaten. Furthermore, Soloman and other slaves, are then stripped of their clothes and forced to stand naked and are treated as objects as they stand for sale, in front of customers. Therefore,

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