The positive attitudes towards Black in the movies which I am going to analise.

In this post I want to focus on the positive attitudes towards Black people In three movies.

The Help

1.     I think that the most positive attitude towards Blacks in the movie the help has Skeeter, who writes the book about the discrimination. He treats the black maid as the member of the family. This attitude derives from the way in which she was upbringing. The maid, which I have mentioned above thought her the tolerance and self-acceptance.

2.     Another character who does not discriminate blacks were Cellia who treats  her maid as friend. She is grateful that Minnie helps her to recover after her nervous breakdown.

Something the Lord made :

1.     In this movie we can observe the relationship between the white doctor and black assistant. The doctor is aware of the fact that without Vivien he would not be able to achieve such great success. The  friendship between Blalock and Thomas is very difficult they couldn’t expose it in front of the public.

Ruby Bridges :

In this movie we can observe the relationship between black little girl and her teacher. The teacher believes in the girls capabilities. She is indulgent and commiserative towards her. 

Race and the movies according to 'the Black image in the white media' (Time to Kill)

The author of this book touches upon the movie which I've watched recently it is titled A Time to Kill. It is about the black man who want to revenge on white people who raped his child. What I found unusual in this movie is that White people are described as inhuman, merciless and uneducated people from lower-class.  What is more,  more those white people tend to  base their actions on the old-fashioned stereotypes. On the other hand, we can also able to observe the attitude of the white attorney for him the race does not matter in those case.  In this movie we can observe white people who are persecuted because of the fact that they defend the rights of Blacks.

In my B.A paper I want to focus on the issue of discrimination from slightly different perspective. I would like to pay attention and highlight positive attitudes of Whites who understand that the color of a skin is not a factor that determines person’s personality and the level of intelligence.

Anita 

The Black image in the white mind.

When I was looking for the books which I include in my bibliography I came across the book which suits perfectly to my topic. The book's  main topic is the media and race in America. Contemporary mass media has a great influence on people's minds. The author of this book tries to answer to some crucial questions about the portrayal of the black people in mass media : 

''What is the current state of White's attitudes towards Blacks?, How do the media influence the culture? What are the new hidden codes of racial difference and hierarchy?'

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The book describes the ways of presenting black people in the Media.  First of all, the author focus on the presence of black people in the News.

It turned out that the majority of stories presented in the News are devoted to White people.

Whites were twelve times more likely to have a network newsstory to themselves than were all the other ethnic groups combined (75.5 percent versus 6.3 percent).

At the most general level the color pattern of the news conveys a sense that America is essentially a society of White people with minorities.

The main focus of the eleventh chapter is devoted to the issue of race and movies. I will pay the attention to this topic in my next post.

Anita

Writting course.

During the last week I had a pleasure to participate in the writing classes which was conducted by Tiffany Debicka. We acquired useful knowledge about writing process. The main focus of the course was to teach us how to plan our work efficiently.  I learnt some useful techniques for example free writing or clustering. I am going to use those when I will be writing my B.A paper.  

It turned out that it is very useful and can be helpful in exploring our topic. What is more, we learnt about rhetorical strategies and how plan the content of our B.A paper. We examined for example Thruman Show and I realized that sometimes small details can be crucial when we interpret movie. It turned out that even minor event at the beginning of the movie or the sound track can be a source of information and the  important point to analyze.  I did not realized that for example that color can play crucial role.  

I am grateful that I could participate in those classes because it changed my approach towards writing. What is more, I realized that there are some important steps in writing process which we tend to omit. 

Anita