Justice For Sparkle Summary

Justice for Sparkle helps to create an impressionable mark on the persisting prejudice that the United States still faces today. It illuminates the long lasting history of racism that has been integrated into society, especially within the United States. This documentary goes beyond the confinement of the broad spectrum of racism by looking closely at a specific case, in which race can ultimately lead to death. When the documentary was finished, I was fascinated by the motive and thought that was put into this plan in order for it to be executed properly as well as how this topic remains relevant in my own household, considering my mother is the only one in her family to married outside of her race, causing my relatives to not be supportive

As shown through the interactionist perspective, her interactions with her immediate family, her husband, Ricky Rai, and her daughter, Analla, has proven to be a strong relationship as a whole even when some questioned the decisions she made within her life. However, it should be noted that the interaction between Sparkle and her in-laws were less than friendly to the point where Ricky’s family blamed Sparkle for being the reason for Ricky to drop out of college. Though this is a wild accusation to make, what frustrated me the most was how both Ricky’s parents faked their own death to not have anymore more interactions with Sparkle and have Ricky lie and act sad and depressed to enhance their story. In comparison, however, when Sparkle was found dead in her apartment complex and Ricky remained completely calm when detective Lee Brown asked him questions, the interactionist perspective would help show that this sort of behavior is unusual in a situation like the one presented before him. It makes me questions whether or not Ricky was apart of this master plan to terminate Sparkle as well as become more aware of any observations that may be seen as

One idea that has been theorized was that Ricky’s parents, especially his father, Chiman Rai, were against their marriage due to the fact that Sparkle was black. This plays along with how racism is still thriving in the United States today, and many people are getting away with thinking and using bigotry languages towards other races. Looking through this documentary, I could see some subtle connections of how this relates in my own immediate family. My mother married my stepfather, who is white, and is the only one on her side to marry outside of her race. It was a long road ahead for my family to be accepted by my relatives on my mother's side, but after a few years, they were fine with it. Getting back to the documentary, it shows that conflict continued to partake in a crucial role in Sparkle’s story, considering Willy Fred Evans and Herbert Green, Chiman’s accomplices in the murder, turned against him and worked with investigators by wearing body cameras to finally unfold the truth of how Chiman asked Evans, Green, and Cleveland Clark to commit the murder of Sparkle Rai. I was thoroughly pleased to hear that Chiman was prosecuted on September 2006 for his racially-charged motive to murder his daughter-in-law Sparkle and was given a life sentence without parole for his actions. These sorts of actions