Identity In The Film Skin
Belonging to one group pushes us away from other groups
Belonging to one group, (for example a racial group) can entirely shape how a person is perceived by other different groups. Excluding people exist as a natural part of social interactions. People make decisions about which groups they will socialise with and which groups and individuals they won’t socialise with. People often discriminate on the basis of race, gender and religion. Historically, and even in modern times identification based on race or religion or ethnicity can isolate, alienate and push one away from people who identify themselves as different. This is particularly true of South Africa during the Apartheid period. The film Skin explores in depth issues surrounding …show more content…
Most of what a person follows is based society’s rules and regulations. Most of a person’s values and morals are shaped by the incentives of society. Society is where a person applies the identity they have obtained from family and school into action. It contributes in a large way to the establishments of groups. Society contains many groups within it such as racial groups, religious groups and ethnic groups. Most of these groups could possibly isolate and alienate individuals who are considered to be different to them. ‘Skin’ shows the concept of segregation in action, as the black people are treated poorly by the white people due to their difference in colour. Segregation was main concept among people in South Africa during the 1960’s, as they used to describe this from of segregation as ‘apartheid’. This film shows how Sandra is being segregated by her whole community for being a black, as they are to live in separate suburbs and go to schools which are different to the white people. Society in that time was completely overruled by the white majority, as they had complete say in the matters of the nation due to their control of education and technology. This concept of segregation by skin colour classifications can be seen in history during the time African-Americans were segregated by the white American. Many individuals such as Martin Luther King Jr. and Mahatma Gandhi have fought against the cruelty of segregation. This identifies the fact that being in one group can push us away from the other and through that process it could lead to
Belonging to one group, (for example a racial group) can entirely shape how a person is perceived by other different groups. Excluding people exist as a natural part of social interactions. People make decisions about which groups they will socialise with and which groups and individuals they won’t socialise with. People often discriminate on the basis of race, gender and religion. Historically, and even in modern times identification based on race or religion or ethnicity can isolate, alienate and push one away from people who identify themselves as different. This is particularly true of South Africa during the Apartheid period. The film Skin explores in depth issues surrounding …show more content…
Most of what a person follows is based society’s rules and regulations. Most of a person’s values and morals are shaped by the incentives of society. Society is where a person applies the identity they have obtained from family and school into action. It contributes in a large way to the establishments of groups. Society contains many groups within it such as racial groups, religious groups and ethnic groups. Most of these groups could possibly isolate and alienate individuals who are considered to be different to them. ‘Skin’ shows the concept of segregation in action, as the black people are treated poorly by the white people due to their difference in colour. Segregation was main concept among people in South Africa during the 1960’s, as they used to describe this from of segregation as ‘apartheid’. This film shows how Sandra is being segregated by her whole community for being a black, as they are to live in separate suburbs and go to schools which are different to the white people. Society in that time was completely overruled by the white majority, as they had complete say in the matters of the nation due to their control of education and technology. This concept of segregation by skin colour classifications can be seen in history during the time African-Americans were segregated by the white American. Many individuals such as Martin Luther King Jr. and Mahatma Gandhi have fought against the cruelty of segregation. This identifies the fact that being in one group can push us away from the other and through that process it could lead to