Even though Dear White People is a film set at a fake college with fake characters, there is strong logic behind it. The possibility of a black community rebelling against a predominantly white school because of harsh stereotypes and biased housing assignments is high. Most of the script from the movie is very logical. Sam, one of the main characters, speaks out against racism. She says things like "Mass media from fox news to reality TV on VH1 makes it clear what white people think of us" or "Black people can't be racist because we don't benefit from such a system." These quotes were essential for their protests against white oppression. The white characters in the film don't believe racism exists, they throw a huge black themed party at the end because of their desire to be like the black students. The film combats this notion through proof that it isn't a sense of admiration but blatant disrespect. The images provoked in the last party scene of the white students dressed as gang members and drug dealers are concerning. After hearing about this party, why wouldn't the white students rebel? There is no logic behind the party but there is logic behind breaking it up. The party and stereotypes present prove that racism still exists and is still a huge problem in society. – Jack VigneronMonday, February 29, 2016
Logos: Dear White People (1962)
Even though Dear White People is a film set at a fake college with fake characters, there is strong logic behind it. The possibility of a black community rebelling against a predominantly white school because of harsh stereotypes and biased housing assignments is high. Most of the script from the movie is very logical. Sam, one of the main characters, speaks out against racism. She says things like "Mass media from fox news to reality TV on VH1 makes it clear what white people think of us" or "Black people can't be racist because we don't benefit from such a system." These quotes were essential for their protests against white oppression. The white characters in the film don't believe racism exists, they throw a huge black themed party at the end because of their desire to be like the black students. The film combats this notion through proof that it isn't a sense of admiration but blatant disrespect. The images provoked in the last party scene of the white students dressed as gang members and drug dealers are concerning. After hearing about this party, why wouldn't the white students rebel? There is no logic behind the party but there is logic behind breaking it up. The party and stereotypes present prove that racism still exists and is still a huge problem in society. – Jack Vigneron
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I do not find the premise of this movie realistic at all. First of all, the fact that the movie portrays discrimination within the housing process is ludicrous. In today's day and age, especially under societies strict scrutiny on discrimination within established organizations, this type of behavior would never be tolerated and eradicated immediately. Also, the fact that the movie portrays a compete divide between white and black students. When I watched the trailer, it portrayed as all of the white students as racist towards the black students. This type of complete divide would never exist at any institution today. In the 1960's, this would definitely be realistic and was present as many different institutions, including universities. But in todays day and age, there is no where in this country that would support this type of behavior and if it ever existed it would be stamped out immediately. A complete racial divide like the one the trailer portrayed would never exist.
ReplyDeleteIn regards to the above comment, I do agree that this type of prominent and blatant racism does not exist in contemporary society however I do think that the producers were trying to make a point by exaggerating the specific racial discriminations portrayed. Racism does genuinely exist in society today and the point of the movie was to make that clear.- Gujri Chadha
ReplyDeleteI like how you mentioned the reasoning behind their claims and how they are thoughtful. Its important especially when they express their from a higher institute of learning and ivy league school, that they use facts to base their claims, and use mostly logic.
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