feb 25

Is there prejudice in your own country? What can this film teach us about race in your own country? Are there universal issues present in this film?


Of course there is prejudice in my own country. For example, China is uncertainly divided into areas: North and South. Northerners are commonly taller and stronger than Southerners. However, Southerners are smarter and richer than Northerners. So, there are some conflicts between them because some of them don’t respect each other. In this movie, almost no people admit that they are racist; that is the same in China. In our daily life, we don’t admit we are racist, either. However, if there is conflict between us, we will think that they are bad because they are born in North. That is the same in America too. Most of the American who are racist don’t say they racist vocally, but actually they are.

On the other hand, to a racist, race represents a person’s personality. When Mookie’s sister talks with Sal happily and Sal is so welcome to her, Mookie drags her out of the place and told her angrily not to talk to Sal any more. Even though Sal was not trying to advance to her, he was trying to show his love to his sister for Mookie. The reason why he gets mad is possibly that he thinks the reason that all the whites wants woman, especially black women, is just desired for the sex or just play them for a while. Certainly, it happens in China. Some factories reject to employ people from specific provinces in the post because they have encountered such bad cases. All of these three points are universal in the world I believe.

In conclusion, the movie tells us what to do. We can’t use violence action to reply racism. The only solution is that we should understand each other so that we can tolerate each other. We’d better control ourselves by logic but not emotion.