Racism In The Film: Selma, By J. M.
This movie is based on a true story that covers the three-month period in 1965 when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. led a campaign to get equal voting rights for African Americans. He went against the face of violent opposition to try and get equal rights for African Americans with nonviolent approaches. He led a march from Selma to Montgomery which concluded in President Johnson signing the Voting Rights Act of 1965. This was one of the most significant moments for the civil rights movement. This movie tells the story of how the movement that altered history for the better and began to change the view on racism. However, this movie also shows how brutal it was during this time period to be an African American and gives the audience a better idea
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The film shows Dr. King’s struggle for civil rights and doesn’t limit to any specific audience because of the importance of this moment in history. However, the film doesn’t hold back on the violent moments of this time in history either. The film has death, destruction, and brutality, but this is all based on a true story and should be seen by everyone for them to recognize what African Americans went through.
The film was released in theatres January 9th, 2015. Although racism wasn’t as present this time as it was back when the movie takes place, racism is an ongoing struggle in our world. During the time the movie was realized, race was still an evident problem in our world and resonated with many people.
Allan Johnson in Privilege, Power, and Difference explains that the differences among people isn’t the problem, however how we treat these differences is the problem. He uses the example of waking up another race. How would people treat you? How would you see yourself? This explains that asking yourself these questions helps show how we treat these differences are the real problem. This relates to Selma because of how differences were treated during this time period. There is no problem with someone being white and someone else being black, however how we viewed the difference of skin color caused problems. African Americans didn’t have nearly as many rights as us and were treated like dirt, and this is what Johnson
The film shows Dr. King’s struggle for civil rights and doesn’t limit to any specific audience because of the importance of this moment in history. However, the film doesn’t hold back on the violent moments of this time in history either. The film has death, destruction, and brutality, but this is all based on a true story and should be seen by everyone for them to recognize what African Americans went through.
The film was released in theatres January 9th, 2015. Although racism wasn’t as present this time as it was back when the movie takes place, racism is an ongoing struggle in our world. During the time the movie was realized, race was still an evident problem in our world and resonated with many people.
Allan Johnson in Privilege, Power, and Difference explains that the differences among people isn’t the problem, however how we treat these differences is the problem. He uses the example of waking up another race. How would people treat you? How would you see yourself? This explains that asking yourself these questions helps show how we treat these differences are the real problem. This relates to Selma because of how differences were treated during this time period. There is no problem with someone being white and someone else being black, however how we viewed the difference of skin color caused problems. African Americans didn’t have nearly as many rights as us and were treated like dirt, and this is what Johnson