Film and Media: When Will it Stop?

Film and media have become a huge stage for the exposure of ethnic and racial injustice in the world we live in today. The whole world is watching and people are becoming blind to the acceptance of horrid stereotypes that have flooded the minds of unchanging perceptions. As film and media continue to advance, we continue to decline. It seems as race and ethnicity have been gaining more attention then ever. Police brutalities, stereotypical threat, and unfair perceptions have become to ambition of film making, today. 

Fruitvale Station is a true story film where a young African-American is killed "unarmed and lying face down on a subway platform in Oakland, California (Scott 1)." The film depicts a man who sells drugs, goes to prison, and unemployed. A powerful film, Fruitvale Station helps to depict an on-going issue where perceptions of white police officers have been misconstrued and led to unlawful activity. This film shows society the dangers of judgment where an African-American man in his early 20s was killed for an undefined cause. It ends up causing protests. And it should. This film illustrates the evolving police brutality cases that were a cause of racial discrimination. 

Similar cases have been recorded. There has been many links to police brutality and race in the world we live in today. In all, the power of film and media is beginning to characterize the need for change in societal judgement on race and ethnicity. 

Scott, A. O. (2013, July 11). A New Year, and a Last Day Alive. Retrieved April 13, 2016, from http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/12/movies/fruitvale-station-is-based-on-the-story-of-oscar-grant-iii.html