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Movie Review #2: The Help
Question 1.
Gender has played a significant role in the storyline of the film The Help. Aibileen and
Minny share a sense of sisterhood with Skeeter, which gives them the confidence to share their
story. The figure of Skeeter shows the strength of female roles in Mississippi in 1961 as she
pursued a career in writing (Adam, 2019). Women were still being discouraged not to pursue a
career outside the home, which was the main limitation.
Question 2.
In the film, Skeeter has always wanted to be successful in writing and expects that she
will be able to achieve this goal if she works hard. Skeeter's friends and mother do not
understand her and expect that she will stop pursuing her career when she gets a boyfriend.
However, she is different from other women in her town as she only wants to be a successful
writer. Skeeter does not prioritize marriage and having kids in the future.
Question 3.
The children in this film are likely better at understanding racial differences (Adam,
2019). The film is emotionally intense and might not be appealing to young kids but very
relevant as it matures children to see with their parents.
Question 4.
In the film, social status, race, and economic status are considered the most critical
aspects of power. However, dignity, public opinion, and pride also appear to be powerful forces.
Most white elites with economic and political power fear losing their control (Adam, 2019).
Some African Americans with working-class occupations exerted their power by telling their
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stories and resisting control. The race also plays a major that power plays in the dynamics of
Jackson, Mississippi.
Question 5.
Individuals with social power hear Aibileen's voice via Skeeter's writings. Even though
she rejected the payment from Skeeter, she accepted Skeeter's interview and met the domestic
workers. Apart from the writing done by Skeeter, the resources that Aibileen used to speak to
make her be heard within the community (Adam, 2019). Consequently, Aibileen's voice was
heard by individuals with social power, and this primarily occurs through the conversations with
Skeeter in her writings.
Read/Watch and Respond #5
Question 1.
In the article, Jamiles Lartey defines a whitelash as a violent or hostile reaction from
white people to the influx of other races. However, the term describes an old reality where
dramatic racial progress was inevitably followed by a whitelash (Lartey, 2018).
Question 2.
The author considers personal racism valet to mean white people calling the police on
black people and having them taken away and escorted like inanimate objects. The dilemma for
911 operators and first responders is that if officers are functionally deputized as personal racism
valets, armed respondents have minimal suspicion from white people. This is a hard circle to the
square from the perspective of police officers.
Question 3.
Goff says that for us to win, we have to challenge the racial bias, whether unconscious or
conscious (Lartey, 2018). Therefore, social norms have to change for us to win.
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Discrimination Daily Show with Trevor Noah
Question 1.
In the show, Noah highlights a serious problem between policing and black people.
People usually call the police on black people because they see them as threatening, as the police
only respond by arresting them (Noah, 2018). Noah talks of incidences where the police have
been called on black people for no legitimate or unjustifiable reasons. Noah points out prejudices
such as how it is terrible to call cops on a black person when they show up on bicycles. It limits a
person's dignity to be arrested by bike cops.
Question 2.
Noah's view is that the kind of tests that students give in school about slavery tend to be
insane and spread across subjects such as English and Maths (Noah, 2018). Noah is worried
about how the questions about how inappropriate those slavery questions are and how they are
escalating.
Your Take
Question 1.
In a situation where a white person calls the police on a black person for such non-events,
I think what goes on in their mind is that black people are bad, threatening, and should be
arrested by the police as they do not deserve a place in the society.
Question 2.
Starbucks' response to the Philadelphia incident was to close stores and implement racial
bias training immediately was very effective as it created awareness that there is always a better
way to relate and communicate with people, more so the black community.
Question 3.
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Noah's humor-based presentation of social/cultural issues makes a difference in raising
awareness of problems because humor is a vehicle used to point out vices to individuals and
society. Consequently, Noah reveals that we have better ways to appreciate togetherness despite
our cultural differences.
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Reference List
Adam, M. R. (2019). Racism in "The Help" Movie by Tate Taylor, 7(2), 120-129.
https://sinta.kemdikbud.go.id/journals/detail
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Lartey, J. (2018). Oppression in America: 'To root this out, we need a movement against racist
policies'
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jun/06/everyday-racism-in-america-
how-to-fix-it
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Noah, T.(2018) DiscrimiNATION|Daily Show.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xK1DJ691s
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