Get Out Racism

I did my final project on the movie Get Out. I choose this movie, because when I saw it with my friends this past semester in the theater, it sparked discussion about the movie and race. In our discussion we realized that we each got something different out of the movie and saw different symbols hidden in it, which made it fun to puzzle together. It was really interesting to hear my black friends comments on the movie, since it was something that he experiences frequently. After viewing the film again I came to the conclusion that the film shows that racism is simmering under innocent conversations and situations, while people are glorifying other cultures. There is blatant racism in the movie with one example being when the cop asks for
When Adele broke her Grammy and said that Beyonce deserved the award, she meant well, but it didn’t come across that way to many African Americans. This is similar to how Chris felt in Get Out because of the comments made by Rose’s family and visitors. OITNB killed off Poussey Washington, but instead of having meaning behind her death, it came across as reproduction of black trauma to many black people. While OITNB is writen by all white people and therefore misses on some of the neurones of the Black Lives Matter movement, John Peele in Get Out was able to effectively convey the underlying racism in society through a black protagonist allowing people to look into the world through a black person’s perspective. Racial Masquerade discusses the glorification of other cultures which is similar to Get Out. In Racial Masquerade, white people will wear masks or outfits from other cultures to be considered modern. Get Out takes this to another level since the white people are able to become black by having their brains put into a black body. Overall, Get Out was a very good movie that makes you think about racism in