Color of Fear – a Documentry
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rac*ism: noun
Racism refers to the belief that race is the primary determinant of human capacities, that a certain race is inherently superior or inferior to others, and/or that individuals should be treated differently based on their ascribed race.
The Color of Fear is a very inspirational and emotional documentary, which brings four men together, as well as women stepping up and no longer being “mules of the world”. The Color of Fear informs people about the issue of white privilege in race relations. Threw out the documentary I felt the passion and various emotions coming from each man. One who stuck was an African American man named Victor, he really showed how effected by the issue he was. Victors arguments were based around the general theme of how the black man has not been able to live in a descant world because he is living in a “white mans world” in which the white man is intent upon standing on the black man. “Why cant we all be human beings?” is a question repeatedly asked throughout the film and I feel this should not be asked everyone should be treated equally. But Victor says “Why cant we all just be white”, I sympathized for minorities who are treat unfairly at throughout this documentary because I believe in equality.
I was emotionally connected with Victor in this documentary, I could feel his anger and pain simply by just listening. People who are more privilege due to race do not see racism happening around them. For instance in the film an Asian man pointed out how he would go to the deli and the “white man” behind the counter would take a white persons order before his even if them came after. This was sad. David being a racist white man in the documentary was asked to picture himself and his own children in the discriminatory issues that minorities are faced with everyday. He realized and understood the challenges minorities deal with where different from what “white people” had to deal with.
Given the examples and the realizations of this problem I myself was better able to understand the Peggy McIntoshs theory of white privilege. Stereotypes were openly declared, from Asians as “the model minority” to blacks as “lazy, violent, and dangerous.” I felt the African Americans, Japanese, and Hispanic races were afraid to discuss this particular situation with a white man because they are considered to have the higher authority than other races. The color of fear has really been a great experience to watch. It showed how racist people can without them even know and how the white people and minorities felt about this subject.
“The Color of Fear” made me realize how that the people who were racist were just ignorant and didnt fully understand what they were doing, along with the impact it has on others emotionally. This film made me