Stereotypes Depicted In The Movie 'Freedom Writers'
“It's all about color, it's about people deciding what you deserve, about people wanting what they don't deserve. About whites thinking they own this world no matter what, you see, I hate white people.” Wow! This is one of the most powerful and emotion-filled quotes that was said in the movie Freedom Writers.
The movie is about a Caucasian high school teacher named Erin Gruwell that gets a job at a California public school and gets the challenge of teaching a group of kids that are deemed “unteachable.” Very quickly, she finds out why no one wanted to teach these group of kids.
When she entered the classroom she noticed that the kids divided themselves up into racial cliques and they didn’t pay her any mind when she was speaking to them. They were disrespectful, malicious, gang-bangers that had no …show more content…
The students learned a lot about tolerating and respecting each other and the situations they’ve been through. The struggles that every human being has can be channeled into something positive. After Mrs. Gruwell had her students read The Diary of Anne Frank, she took them on a trip the Los Angeles Holocaust Museum. This showed them that the kind of gang activity they had in their hometown was nothing compared to what the Nazis did during the Holocaust. After their trip to the museum, Mrs. Gruwell organized a dinner with several Holocaust survivors enabled the students to further empathize with others who have dealt with intolerance, hatred, and violence.
One of the cool things that amazes me about Mrs. Gruwell throughout the movie was her dedication to change the mindset of her students. She had no support from her colleagues or the school. Every expense for the experiences she gave these kids was coming out of her own pocket. She worked two jobs and held fundraisers to help pay for everything and it even ended up costing her her marriage, but she was determined to make a positive
The movie is about a Caucasian high school teacher named Erin Gruwell that gets a job at a California public school and gets the challenge of teaching a group of kids that are deemed “unteachable.” Very quickly, she finds out why no one wanted to teach these group of kids.
When she entered the classroom she noticed that the kids divided themselves up into racial cliques and they didn’t pay her any mind when she was speaking to them. They were disrespectful, malicious, gang-bangers that had no …show more content…
The students learned a lot about tolerating and respecting each other and the situations they’ve been through. The struggles that every human being has can be channeled into something positive. After Mrs. Gruwell had her students read The Diary of Anne Frank, she took them on a trip the Los Angeles Holocaust Museum. This showed them that the kind of gang activity they had in their hometown was nothing compared to what the Nazis did during the Holocaust. After their trip to the museum, Mrs. Gruwell organized a dinner with several Holocaust survivors enabled the students to further empathize with others who have dealt with intolerance, hatred, and violence.
One of the cool things that amazes me about Mrs. Gruwell throughout the movie was her dedication to change the mindset of her students. She had no support from her colleagues or the school. Every expense for the experiences she gave these kids was coming out of her own pocket. She worked two jobs and held fundraisers to help pay for everything and it even ended up costing her her marriage, but she was determined to make a positive