Minorities In Fruitvale Station, Directed By Ryan Coogler

There has always been a difference in the way minorities are treated in comparison to the higher class or those of a lighter color. Minorities have a social disadvantage due to the stereotypical image portrayed by the handful of criminals within their group. In the movie, Fruitvale Station directed by Ryan Coogler, Oscar Grant, a twenty-two-year-old black man living in San Francisco, is shot and killed during his arrest at Fruitvale train station. Although the incident occurred in 2009 and the movie was released in 2013, it exemplifies the current social and political injustice against minorities. Fruitvale Station shows the injustice of minorities using police brutality. The situation is presented at the end of the film when Oscar

While Oscar was being arrested he is shot and declared dead the next morning. Fruitvale Station was released in 2013 a few days after George Zimmerman shot Trayvon Martin, an unarmed black teenager. Both the movie and Martin VS Zimmerman represents how minorities are automatically assumed to be the ones who have done wrong, the movie review “Strange Fruitvale” by Wesley Morris references a speech given by President Barack Obama which talks about Trayvon Martin, Obama states “ he was deemed suspicious like many of his unarmed peers”. This highlights the inaccurate accusations made against minorities due to their race. Oscar acted with good intentions and always focused his mind on making his family and surrounding peers happy, Wesley Morris also points out that the movie does not foreshadow. This sheds light on the idea that although Oscar was a good man trying to support his family the stereotype associated with his skin color lead to his death. This is exemplified when the officer shoots Oscar, the officer looked

In December of 2014, Eric Garner was killed after being accused of selling untaxed cigarettes, he was a black, asthmatic and unarmed man. Officers put Garner in a chokehold and even after garner stated “ I can’t breathe” officers did not back down. Since the incident, there has been an increase in the death of minorities with police encounters. The Black Lives Matter movement was established in order to bring awareness of police brutality against minorities. In “ I yelled Black Lives Matter at A Trump Rally”by Sierra Thoma, she recollects a caucasian man yelling “all lives matter” in opposition to “ black lives matter”. Although all lives matter, their is less police brutality incidents and political injustice against Caucasians . Thomas also states that she was pushed around by a police officer escorting her out of Trumps rally. Thomas article raises the question “ what if there was increase in police brutality against whites?” and “ what if it was a white organization protesting?”, would Trump 's reaction be the same? Would society be more accepting to a white lives matter movement? The police related incident at Fruitvale station relates to the struggle that minority lives face today. On November 1st, 2016, Laurie Bouie was shot by New Jersey police after they discovered him and his family trying