An interesting movie that represents both sides of view. Considering that the movie is 10 years old, the problems do remain the same but have gotten better over time since the movie was made. Personally, I can see both sides of the story. Although I agree with the "people of color", I understand what the "whites" are saying. Both sides were bringing up good points to where they stand. A problem I had with the "people of color" was that they didn't understand where the white guy was coming from. They kept blaming him for what the "whites" have done to them. He is not the sole representative of "whites." The point he was trying to make was that he wasn't aware of the problem that the "people of color" faced on an everyday basis. From what I gathered about him, is that since he said personally that he doesn't oppress nor associates himself with people that show they do, he doesn't know that oppression is out there. You cant blame him for that, plainly he just doesn't know. Another problem I had with the "people of color" was that they all jumped on the white guy for calling them "you people" or "colored people", but later during the movie the colored people kept referring to other colored as "colored people" or "your people." If they didn't appreciate called people of color from the white guy, why would it be okay if the colored people referred to others as colored? It doesn't set a good example in the eyes of the white guy. .
A good point the white guy had was when he said, did you ever consider the spikes that are facing against you are put up by you and not the "whites." Obstacles are in everybody's life. Yes, I am sure that people of color might face more than whites do, but that's today's life. Its a lot easier to blame someone else for your failure than it is to blame yourself. Thinking the problem may just be you and not someone else is not even a consideration among people nowadays.
The Color of Fear-A Political Street Have you ever encountered a person on the street and been perceived as a harmful? ... That is what this documentary, The Color of Fear-A Political Street, is about racism, social distance, and acculturation. ...
The color yellow, as in the yellow sun, symbolizes the point of fear. The color red symbolizes Communism and their party. Also the color blue symbolizes the weather and white America in Native Son. ... During the book, the color symbolism of yellow is used often. ... The color "RED" symbolizes the Communists. ...
Most white folks I knew seemed to have a great fear of blacks." ... When McBride asks his mother, what color god's spirit is, she responds "It doesn't have a color...God is the color of water. Water doesn't have a color."... God has no color. ... McBride's "The color of water" demonstrates that culture or skin color have nothing to do with the worth of an individual. ...
Blue is the color of fear for the painter Jacques Monory, the color of the coat of The Virgin Maria, the Levi-Strauss jean, the satellite images of earth. ... terest for the other color like blue). ... Both colors, the red and the uniform blue, are opposed for their signification: joyful color/moral color, material color/spiritual color, close color/far color, masculine color/feminine color. In fact, Blue became the favorite color of European populations for their clothing but also as an abstract color. ... Blue became a popular color; it became the color of the workers...
Blue is the color of fear for the painter Jacques Monory, the color of the coat of The Virgin Maria, the Levi-Strauss jean, the satellite images of earth. ... terest for the other color like blue). ... Both colors, the red and the uniform blue, are opposed for their signification: joyful color/moral color, material color/spiritual color, close color/far color, masculine color/feminine color. In fact, Blue became the favorite color of European populations for their clothing but also as an abstract color. ... Blue became a popular color; it became the color of the workers...
In The Color of Paradise, the father has the largest amount of authority. ... Conversely, Mohammed's father fears nature. ... This symbolizes his distant relationship and fear of God. ... Mohammed's father attempts to clean himself a number of times in The Color of Paradise. ... Throughout The Color of Paradise, the viewer consistently hears birds chirping. ...
In The Color Purple, Walker effectively uses the epistolary genre to communicate the thoughts and feelings of the novel's central character, Celie. ... The Color Purple closely follows the growth of Celie on her journey of self-discovery. ... Celie has finally lost her fear of the world and is able to address her problems to everyone. ... Walker appeared to learn from this problem and went on to write a sequel to The Color Purple which addresses Nettie and her outcome. Nettie still plays a significant role in The Color Purple in illustrating the underlying "womanist" theme of the novel: "...
"The Color of Water" The Color of Water is an autobiographical book that parallels the life of the author, James McBride, and his mother Ruth. ... His skin color was light, so some Black people commented on that. ... She told him that God was a spirit, which does not have any color. Then she said, "God is the color of water" (McBride, p.51). ... James was always in fear of his mother's life because of the revolution. ...
