Racism In The Great Gatsby

Behind the false portrayal of the flappers, The Great Gatsby crookedly exhibits the effect of jazz music on racism. The motion picture is full of jazzy music. J. Gatsby’s parties in the film have a high content of jazz style music, as well as a variety of different people attending his flings. Inside of a speakeasy Nick Carraway and Gatsby are in, jazz music is playing while blacks interact with Whites. However what is most interesting is while Gatsby and Carraway drive to the speakeasy, Carraway spots a car full of blacks partying, but they are being driven by a white, old man. In the car with Gatsby is the only time (besides the time in the speakeasy) that blacks are seen interacting with Whites in the film.
While the music is very entertaining
On Gatsby and Carraway’s way to the speakeasy, the motion picture has the perfect opportunity to demonstrate the severe racism in the 1920s. With Gatsby at the wheel, Carraway spots a car full of black people with alcohol and loud music. Even more suspicious is the fact that the chauffeur driving the black people is white. As stated previously, in the 1920s the Klan’s membership “ranged from three million to as high as eight million Klansmen” (The Ku Klux Klan). While that number represents the number of Klansmen across America, the concentration of Klansmen was higher in the cities, due to the larger populations. Because the black people being driven around by a white chauffeur were in plain sight, a member of the KKK would have easily stopped then and lynched them. Even more so, blacks had brought the influential jazz music to the white cities (Calvin and Lindsay) which established a stronger hatred towards the blacks, and further segregation between them and Whites. A white chauffeur in a car of black people is completely inaccurate because the during the 1920s many white people feared that blacks would ruin society (Kendi