The Inequality Of Segregation In Movies

When my grandmother went to the movies in the 1950s, she experienced the racism and inequality of segregation first hand. Every Saturday she, her family and her friends would go to the movies for a couple of hours and watch movies and television shows as a community for thirty cents a ticket. She recalled that every Saturday was like a “holiday.” Even though this is a warm memory for her, it is rendered bittersweet by the fact that she was not permitted to sit where she pleased. Due to segregation, the whites sat in the front and the blacks were forced to sit in the back. However, “What they did not know,” she recollected with a smile, “is that it is easier to exit from the back.” Meaning that in the event of a fire or emergency, the people