Analysis Of Dido Elizabeth Belle

Belle was directed by Amma Asante who explores the roles of Dido Elizebeth Belle challenging society by resisting discrimination. In the beginning, Dido Elizabeth Belle was raised by her great-uncle Lord Mansfield and his wife, Lady Mansfield. Before Belle’s father passes away, he leaves her an inherit of two thousand pounds a month.Belle’s lineage means she has certain privileges, but the color of her skin prevents her from another form of social standing afforded to her legitimate cousin Elizabeth. Until John Davinier enters Belle’s life that’s when she discovers the truth about The Zong case and how her uncle is in charge of making a decision. John Davinier finds information on the slaves through the help of Belle and insists on recusing

Today, many programs aim to preserve and extend constitutionally guaranteed rights to people who have historically been denied their rights by race. Amma Asante created this real-life story into a film to provide a message to the audience about color people. Dido Elizabeth Belle is African who is mistreated from attending family dinners and social events due to her descent. In Britain, African were discriminated in the 19th century and continue to encounter riots towards them. Belle is identified as a courageous who about the 230 slaves who were killed for insurance money. John Davinier and Belle work together to fight against racial injustice. These two character fight against the political view and discrimination to educate and empower the British society on slavery. Belle uses herself as an example to question Lord Mansfield authority, and she says, “You’ll not abandon my people as I am one of them as well. Unless you never truly loved me?” (Jones). In this scene, Belle is willing to go against her family to clarity and provide justice towards The Zong and the death of England’s trade. Discrimination and inequality are two characteristics that society portrays towards the color people. For example, Belle is treated less fairly than her cousin Elizabeth Murray who’s white. In Belle, the two cousins are orphans who are raised in the same household but receive different privileges based on their

Belle was participating in her oppression by upholding the status quo of injustice. America and other countries continue to discriminate color people who have caused riots. The reason that Belle is involved is to be, “A voice for people like my mother who don’t have one.” It describes the era of postcolonialism where comforting dehumanization isn’t allowed in our society. Lord and Lady Mansfield are questioned about their treatment towards the color people. Belle uses an example to his injustice by saying, “How may I be too high in rank to dine with the servants and too low to dine with my family” (James). This is an example of understanding the truth and using your experience as an example. Defending the right of the slaves is ignored since our community disapprove black programs. Our voice should be used to speak and protest our rights in a society which is portrayed in this film. I enjoyed learning more about Asante’s story and how it relates to other Africans who experience discrimination in school, and criminal injustice. The law brought justice for the slave who was involved in slave trading through the help of John Davinier and Dido Elizabeth