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Friday, March 4, 2011
Ethnic Notions
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This film expresses what black people had to go threw to make a living being and actor, but it wasn't being a good role they had to play it was a bad role and when I see this it's just shows how the world have changed since the 1900 and as a black actor you wasn't appointed a good role you were given a role where you were playing dum and stuiped and some of the songs that they was singing was so messed up and I am so proud to be black becauseit just show me that people fought for rights and after seeing this movie it makes me want to fight harder for a better future for my slef and when I have a family
Ethnic Notions was really a great film in the sense that it didn't just approach racism and say that it was "just bad". It went deeper and showed some of the glaring paradoxes and hypocrisies like blacks going into blackface to emphasize and distort exactly how dark they really were. As a jazz musician and an appreciator of music, I can accept that the music that developed from the period is precious; I just wish that it didn't have to stem from the hate and pain of slavery and racism. The media has always been and will always be an indicator of racial views. The day that society as a whole can recognize an image or idea as racist is the day that racism exists from the media.
This film was really great although at some parts it sorta kind of upset me to see how the black people were treated. It just wasnt right. Im glad we moved on from all that and now to look at our society its amazing to see how far we have come in life and moved on from segregation and everything else.
I thought that in this film it was interesting that after a while black people started to do black face for jobs. That someone would change their name and put all that dark make up on and basically make fun of yourself just for some money. I don't think there is enough money in the entire world to make me go up on stage and that.
The film was provocative to me because I saw the history of how we treat African-Americans mirrored even today. We talked in class about how the music industry, or even sports are just new ways we maintain the idea of minstrels. I think that it's true to some extent, but also makes me question who's responsibility it is- those who encourage it, or those that participate in it.
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ReplyDeleteThis film expresses what black people had to go threw to make a living being and actor, but it wasn't being a good role they had to play it was a bad role and when I see this it's just shows how the world have changed since the 1900 and as a black actor you wasn't appointed a good role you were given a role where you were playing dum and stuiped and some of the songs that they was singing was so messed up and I am so proud to be black becauseit just show me that people fought for rights and after seeing this movie it makes me want to fight harder for a better future for my slef and when I have a family
Ethnic Notions was really a great film in the sense that it didn't just approach racism and say that it was "just bad". It went deeper and showed some of the glaring paradoxes and hypocrisies like blacks going into blackface to emphasize and distort exactly how dark they really were. As a jazz musician and an appreciator of music, I can accept that the music that developed from the period is precious; I just wish that it didn't have to stem from the hate and pain of slavery and racism. The media has always been and will always be an indicator of racial views. The day that society as a whole can recognize an image or idea as racist is the day that racism exists from the media.
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This film was really great although at some parts it sorta kind of upset me to see how the black people were treated. It just wasnt right. Im glad we moved on from all that and now to look at our society its amazing to see how far we have come in life and moved on from segregation and everything else.
ReplyDeleteI thought that in this film it was interesting that after a while black people started to do black face for jobs. That someone would change their name and put all that dark make up on and basically make fun of yourself just for some money. I don't think there is enough money in the entire world to make me go up on stage and that.
ReplyDeleteThe film was provocative to me because I saw the history of how we treat African-Americans mirrored even today. We talked in class about how the music industry, or even sports are just new ways we maintain the idea of minstrels. I think that it's true to some extent, but also makes me question who's responsibility it is- those who encourage it, or those that participate in it.
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