Racism And History

1. Think back over your own predictions about racism and history. What surprised you most about what happened in the film? How has this changed your perspective on racism and history?
Throughout history, racism has reign in the lives of many individuals who are oblivious by their own pride and greedy. I am aware that discrimination against one’s culture has been existing since the first ages of humanity. We see how in the biblical story of Moses, the pharaoh and the Egyptian population were against the Hebrew community who were known and treated as slaves. The Egyptian society avoided any type of social relation with the Hebrew society, they saw them as inferior creatures, they even used to shave their heads because they were afraid of contracting
It shows how they were careless by sort of satirizing African Americans civil rights. They portray their roles in society when it comes to dealing with race, they clearly thought they were inferior and that the violent acts against Emmitt Till were justifiable and brave acts committed by the two perpetrators. From my understanding, yes, these types of cowardly acts were implemented on African Americans who “disrespected” or did something against the “rightful social norms”. Some examples where we see problems of inequality in race and ethnicity are in school, work, and utilizing public recreational services. I personally read a news article from 2015 where a restaurant (McDonalds) fired all its African Americans employers just because they did not “fit” on the positions. They later posted a billboard where they promoted the type of “qualities” they were looking for when hiring a person for a certain position (the billboard contained different pictures of white teenagers smiling with a McDonalds hat on). Another example that often happens in companies today is when a person of color applies to a certain high position along with a white person and the person of color gets rejected by the company just because of their ethnicity. I have heard cases like this
For example, in The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till, we observe how the businesses aimed to collect money to help the perpetrators during the trial. This type of choice made by these individuals influenced their society in a negative form. By defending the perpetrators, they were emphasizing the fact that hate and racism against people from a different ethnicity are acceptable social behaviors. On the other hand, an example of a positive decision that influenced society in a positive way was the unity demonstrated during and after Emmitt Till’s funeral. All the supporters showed concern and thirst of justice, some were willing to take actions against injustices toward their people, they showed their commitment even though they knew their lives were in danger (Emmett Till’s mother along with the man who accompanied her on every trial). Similarly, By Dr. Don Francis being an up stander and collaborating to get to the root of the problem, HIV virus and its causes were discovered. He stood up for what he believed, he didn’t give up after his project was rejected, he knew his actions were going to benefit