The documentary Freedom Summer was released on January 17, 2014 by veteran documentarian Stanley Nelson. The documentary was made to serve as a reminder of the summer activists spent in 1964 in order to register African-American voters. The film showed the state of Mississippi during that time as being filled with hatred and segregation toward African Americans. The film is trying to show us the people who united together to bring freedom to African Americans. Even white people rebelled with African Americans to show that they did not support racism and that African Americans should have the right to vote just like any citizen. Throughout the documentary historical videos and photos are incorporated of the gathering of activists and volunteers …show more content…
This shows us how white people thought of African Americans as inferior, and they just wanted to dominate the society making no place for other races to express themselves. Even though African Americans were citizens of the state of Mississippi they were still discriminated against. This documentary does a great job of showing us the suffering of these people in hopes to remind everyone, especially the government, to not make the same mistakes and discriminate against citizens no matter what their race is because this will only cause a division to our nation when everyone should be …show more content…
The documentary strived to show us how factories were corrupt that they couldn’t provide good working conditions for the workers until we lost people. This documentary is about the tragic fire that took place on March 25, 1911 in the Triangle factory. We can clearly see through this documentary that these people didn’t matter to the factory owners because their needs were not met. The documentary shows that the year before the fire took place the workers led a strike asking for better working conditions, but obviously their voices were not heard. After the fire took place this is when factories started improving working conditions. It is sad to learn that it took 146 lives of innocent people in order for factory owners to be convinced that they need to improve the poor working
Factory workers worked twelve to fifteen hours a day in hazardous condition. There were no protective rules for women and children and no insurances for job-related accidents or industrial illness. The workers were obliged to trade at company store
This film demonstrated how there is vicious cycle that minorities are put into. The racism and injustice, of politics and the big image design of America. This film is named after the amendment which outlawed slavery, but left a significant loophole when it came to criminal convictions; a clear business in profits. I recommend everyone of all races and ethnicities to watch this. It is very new and shown on Netflix. It connects to this course, along with the movie “Boyz n the Hood” and Adler, Mueller, & Laufer, Criminology book in race and crime; “supports the argument that there are more African Americans in the criminal justice system because of bias operates” and also “the argument that racial disparities in official statistics reflect an actual difference in criminal behavior”(Adler, Mueller, & Laufer, 2013. P. 54). We see the connections of how the criminal justice system works in society and is connected through social factors of those disadvantaged and once labeled as a deviant, always a
Life in the early 1900’s wasn’t easy. Competition for jobs was at an all time high, especially in New York City. Immigrants were flooding in and needed to find work fast, even if that meant in the hot, overcrowded conditions of garment factories. Conditions were horrid and disaster was inevitable, and disaster did strike in March, 1911. The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in New York set on fire, killing 146 workers. This is an important event in US history because it helped accomplish the tasks unions and strikes had tried to accomplish years earlier, It improved working conditions in factories nationwide and set new safety laws and regulations so that nothing as catastrophic would happen again. The workplace struggles became public after this fire, and the work industry would never remain the same again.
"Freedom Summer." Three CORE Members Murdered in Mississippi. Congress of Racial Equality. Web. 23 Jan. 2012. .
Another excellent way she tied to the main idea with, was the story of the Zimmerman case. With putting this case in the documentary it gives the audience an example of where an innocent black male was followed and killed for no reason. This goes with how people of color are seen being attacked and incarcerated and not other races. Going into the move by A.L.E.C that allowed anyone who looked like an immigrant to be stopped. With this move it had a huge effect on people of color being incarcerated for higher
. Despite these unquestionable struggles many of the occupied factories succeeded in, not only drastically improving the welfare of its workers but also, either maintaining or increasing production within the factories. The economic successes of many of these businesses are undeniable in one factory alo...
“Terrible forces seemed out of control and the nation seemed imperiled. Farmers and workers had been waging political war against capitalists and political conservatives for decades, but then, slowly, toward the end of the nineteenth century a new generation of middle class Americans interjected themselves into public life and advocated new reforms to tame the runaway world of the Gilded Age” (American Yawp). Until one of the major tragedy happened known as the Triangle Shirtwaist were the factory was caught fire and many women had died or were injured. Events such as the Triangle Shirtwaist fire convinced many Americans of the need for reform, but the energies of activists were needed to spread a new commitment to political activism and government interference in the economy” (American Yawp). This is similar to the documentary video, A Dangerous Business, because, “workers had become injured in the McWane Corporation, safety was sacrificed to increase productivity” (Frontline/ Bergman). “Few years passed till OSHA found many violations but still owners would still put their workers at risk breaking violations time passed and suddenly they had too many violations that McWane had spent $5 million to develop a self-contaminated water treatment system, eliminated hazards, hired
It recounts the documentary we watched called “4 little girl” and the bombing that they endured at church. It was a horrific bombing that affected much more than those families affected but the whole African American community because this was where they organized a lot of boycotts and marches. This bombing hit the heart and soul of the black residents. And like we distinguished in class the segregation that occurred was increasingly different depending on who you ask. The film covered a lot of the things that we learned about MLK and his courage in Alabama especially the rainbow coalition that they were able to unite after the attacks on African Americans were broadcasted. George Wallace was also displayed in the movie and his acts of being on both side. We see him defending the racial class and then later trying to help the lower African American class. It helps one confirm how racist that he is by allowing these acts as the governor of
On March 25th, 1911, workers in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory thought it would just be another long day at work. Little did 146 of them know that it would be their last day earning little pay in the dreadful place. Near the end of the workday, a fire broke out on the 8th floor of the factory. Many workers could not escape due to the locked exits and stairwells, which resulted in many people jumping to their death. Like any factory in the 1900s, the experiences and conditions working at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory were not appealing to the many who immigrated to the United States, but it was necessary to earn money. In Triangle: The Fire That Changed America, David Von Drehle tells about the immigrant workers experience at the factory, challenges and dangers of industrialization, workers demands for a union, and the relationship between labor and government as a result of the fire.
Its shows why things are cultural appropriation by showing the response of different public figures who have been accused of cultural appropriation. It gives examples of actions that’s are cultural appropriation. Its show how things that seem to be stereotypes are more than that it’s a form of racial oppression put upon only the African American community.
The video personally affected me in a way that it made me realize that I as a black person
It is the worker’s condition that he truly focuses on. Many of the problems that people faced during this time include: tenement housing, poor working conditions, child labor, monopolies of business, social and political inequality, and most importantly people putting profits over lives. It is around the same time that a terrible fire broke out at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory. The unsafe working conditions made the employees escape nearly impossible.
The reason for recommending the movie is that the movie effectively arouses people’s awareness that race and racism do matter to them whether they are white, black, brown or yellow people. First of all, race and racism are still around the world even if most people have an ideology, believing that racism is long gone. The truth, however, is not what it seems to be. Taking the election of Barack Obama as an example, which brings people into a post-racial thinking, some glaring facts are actually being ignored. White Like Me precisely picks up the actual election results showing that although Obama won the popular vote solidly, it was not noticed by many that he lost the white vote by a big margin. The most significant case is that he only received 10% of the white vote in Southern states. Of course it does not mean that all whites voted against him just because he was black but undoubtedly it was the reason for some, clearly showing that racism still exists in which people should not ignore. Second, confronting the problems of race and racism is vital as the consequences can be very serious. Surely if people try to ignore and deny the history and decide not to talk too much about racism to avoid it, they do not actually help improve but worsen the situation. Besides, it is happening. Trayvon Martin, a 17-year-old African American, was shot to dead in 2012 by George Zimmerman, a white neighborhood watch volunteer. No sooner had Zimmerman been acquitted of second-degree murder in 2013 than a large scale of protests in over a hundred cities broke out. Racism indeed causes casualties and widens the gap between different races. People just cannot laugh it off. Last but not least, if there are solutions towards racism, people will know they are able to make changes to relieve the problems of racism. As mentioned by
I am well aware of the oppression that has faced many people of color in our society. I did learn a great deal about how our government is to blame for the racial segregation in our society. America has a history of placing laws and policies on non-whites, thus making it extremely hard for them to live a well-balanced life. I thought it was interesting that immigrants were far more likely to work in mining and industrial jobs than whites. I feel as though this a trend that continues today in America, thus it is evident that we still exclude certain ethnic groups in our society. Although I did not have any biases going into this documentary, I learned a lot about how our government has been the main contributor to white privilege in our
In the following section, I will apply C. Wright Mills framework to my own career aspiration to become a dermatologist and pleasure in running. In Freedom Summer, the author compared the volunteers in the freedom summer project between those who simply filled out applications and the results of the summer experience using those who did not go as a control. Although I have no “control” for my own experiences growing up, I believe with certain aspects such as schools and extracurricular activities, my older brothers can serve as an example of another path I could have taken and the possible results of the path. I chose my desired career and favorite leisure activity because I feel as though they have informed how I spend a majority of my time