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Leah khoubian

Blog assignment #4

For this blog post I will be discussing Beyonce’s 'All Night' music video. I was taken aback when the video opened with archival footage of  Beyoncé pregnant and scenes from the couple's wedding video; here  Queen Bey delivers a powerful message about healing. I love when she mentions,  "So we're going to heal. We're going to start again. You've brought the orchestra. Synchronise the swimmers. You're the magician - pull me back together again the way you cut me in half. Make the woman in doubt disappear”. When she states, make the woman in doubt disappear, she is proclaiming that every woman should have faith in themselves. I love how Beyonce instills power into women; she is a driving force for woman to attain whatever they want. Beyonce has been inspiring to me in so many ways. But what’s striking is how this music video shows even their most private moments; Beyoncé and Jay Z's wedding day, playtime with Blue Ivy That's what being the most famous family on the planet means in 2016. But Lemonade was Beyoncé's confessional, and, as we're told at the video's beginning, "All Night" is the redemption chapter of her journey. My favorite scene is when she shows a video of Jay Z getting a tattoo. I also enjoyed watching her live performance at the grammy’s in 2017. This performance was full of symbolism and imagery. I was taken aback by the way in which all the background dancers stood behind her. There was an illusion that they melted down. I think this imagery was a symbolism of how african americans have been prosecuted throughout time. I love how Beyonce uses her famous platform to stand for whats right. She uses her voice to stand for the african american community who has been shunned for years. Her performance exemplifies afrofuturism in a cool and awesome way. Its amazing how she did this crazy performance while pregnant; she is the true epitome of a strong woman!!! The outfits of the backup dancers are extremely symbolic as well. It seemed as if they were dressed in clothing from the olden times. 

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Leah Lhoubian 

Blog post #6

 In my sixth blog post I will be continuing my analyzation of the short story. I am still a little startled and upset as to how granny was aware of this curse for so long and she purposely hit it from her granddaughter. I was Jackie I would’ve felt extremely betrayed and I would have some sort of resentment towards my grandmother. I understand that granny was afraid of how Jackie would react but this is something that eventually Jackie was going to inherit as well so she might as well have been prepared for it. That was another scene that I believe should’ve been explained out a little more and unfortunately a lot of scenes in this short story were unable to be as comprehended because it was very very rushed and quick. However a positive side of the short story was that I learned a lot about the intertwining of vampires and afrofuturism. This short story story actually reminded me of a film that I watched in one of professor do his courses last year. Although it was not a Afro futurism class it had a lot to do with blackness and I love how she also intertwined vampires with that topic. I remember this was pre-Covid so as a class we were able to watch the film together and I remember all the emotions I was feeling and how the African-American race had to endure such hardships and difficulties in addition to a vampire. Overall this was a very amazing class and I truly enjoyed learning from Professor do and my TA Miss Horton. Before taking this class I was very unfamiliar with many topics that had to do an Afro futurism and now I can gladly say that I’m well aware of such topics and I can’t wait to educate those around me. As a class we were also introduced to such amazing resources whether they were film short stories or articles and I am so happy that I got to be exposed to all of them. This class was a little different from my past African-American class but I truly enjoyed both of them. I learned that many of my favorite artists actually incorporate afrofuturism in many of their life performances in music videos. Quite often I would watch these videos and performances and I actually had no idea what correlation it had to Afro futurism and now I’m so excited to be able to implement my education to also my love for music. 

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Blog post number five Afro futurism

In My fifth blog post, I  will be discussing and analyzing on some resources that we have been exposed to in class. I  will first be discussing the short story that I recently read which is named, “Greedy Choke Puppy” by Nalo Hopkinson. This short story is about a curse that is brought to a family which is then passed down from generation to generation. This curse is originally given to a woman which is then passed down to her daughter whom she had to kill, abd then it unfortunately went to her granddaughter. In general, I really enjoyed this story however I have been left with many rendering questions. I believe I would not have as many questions of the story provided a better explanation of things. There were lots of missing pieces. I would first like to say that the story was quite quick and rushed. I understand it has the name of a short story for a reason, however it was way too quick which left the reader hanging. I was just confused as to why Granny depended Jacky’s life on the death of the child. In addition, I was a little confused to see why Jacky gave up on love so quickly after only dating Terry. She also lied to Granny which makes me question if this is a characteristic that she always had? I never fully understood who the hag is. Is it Jacky or has jacky just been cursed? Later on the reader sees how Jacky becomes attracted to the sun. I was also interested to read that Granny killed her daughter.  As I  was reading the story i kept pondering if Jackie has sucked up as many lives as she wanted. What annoyed me most about the story was that granny could’ve just told Jackie easily what her true identity was so that she was able to control her desires better. She could’ve killed Jackie a long time ago. I am a person who I really abide with the truth and I believe that everyone deserves to know the truth. Moreover, the fact that she had the secret for quite a while just kind of upset me. Personally if I was Jackie I would’ve been really upset if I knew that my grandma was hiding a secret for such a long time. Especially if I was going to end up getting this skirts I would’ve wanted to know what this curse exactly was prior to getting it.

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Blog #3 afrofuturism

Leah Khoubian

After watching Kendrick Lamar’s music video for his song, “Alright” I felt a poignant, powerful yell from a man with a message. The six minute video is rich with symbolism, layered with question raising imagery that demands the squad and I get on our absurdly detailed investigation tip. The video begins with a wide angle shot of the Oakland Bay Bridge in a color that can only be described as dark sky paradise. It’s a black and white tone with a deep contrast that gives off a gorgeous yet ominous ambiance. The first 30 seconds is completely b-roll footage that’s made into a slideshow of deserted locations, bleak and almost apocalyptic imagery. Zooming in on the Port of Oakland, boats at sea, a neighborhood cloaked by smoke and sky scrapers. They intertwine an audio clip of “loving me is complicated” in the background before our ears are filled with Kendrick’s horrifying scream from “U.” Both screams are used during a strange shot of a black ceiling with mini lights glowing. The addition of a drunken Kendrick in a hotel room on the verge of jumping from the 16th floor mixed into this array of images would perfectly symbolize the depression and loneliness of “U.” It’s like a mini video within the video, a sign of things to come. The next scene is where things get weird. The video freezes like a buffering computer or a glitch in the matrix when a skateboarder appears soaring across the sky. I thought my computer froze the first few times I watched it but no. I remember also in the scene where you see a masked man lying on the ground before a crowbar busts through a window and a snippet of the song "Cartoons & Cereal" is smoothly transitioned in as a tease. The perfect song for the mayhem that is about to be seen on the screen. I remember after that a bottle of Crown Royal was downed. The scenic imagery in this video was very real and portrayed afrofuturism. I learned a very important lesson from this film and I actually gained a whole new perspective of what afrofuturism is all about. It is interesting because before watching this video, I always listened to this song either on the radio or my apple music. However, I never understood the meaning of this song or what this song exemplified in the music video. Watching all the different scenes amazed me. It was so inspiring to see how Kendrick Lamar incorporated this important subject in his top hit song. 

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Blog assignment #2

Leah Khoubian

Two real life issues that make it necessary for me to create my earthseed community is the lack of unity. I believe there is a need for unity; a lot of people are divided unfortunately amongst different factors such as race, religion, nationality, gender and sexual preferences. Such factors should not be a reason to divide us. In my earthseed community, I will not allow such differences to allow division. Rather, as a community we will love and embrace each other's differences. Another issue that I would make it necessary to build this community is the lack of motivation that currently exists. Nowadays, people are not achieving the best of their potential simply because they are unmotivated. In this earthseed community, I hope to provide a system where people will feel supported in whatever they hope to achieve. “All that you touch, You Change. All that you Change, Changes you. The only lasting truth Is Change.”This passage delineates how we have the ability to change anything. Also, I love how it mentions that anything you change will ultimately change you. I believe this as I strongly abide by the saying “the giver always receives more than the getter”. When a person helps another person, one may think that the receiver gains more, but ultimately the giver gains more happiness. “When apparent stability disintegrates, As it must— God is Change— People tend to give in To fear and depression, To need and greed. When no influence is strong enough To unify people They divide. They struggle, One against one, Group against group, For survival, position, power. They remember old hates and generate new ones, They create chaos and nurture it. They kill and kill and kill, Until they are exhausted and destroyed, Until they are conquered by outside forces, Or until one of them becomes A leader Most will follow, Or a tyrant Most fear.”This quote demonstrates how Gd is change and people start becoming depressed when there is no unity or stability in the community. Instead of being unified, everyone just goes against each other and jealousy becomes common. This passage has made me believe that unity is certainly needed in order for a community to stay alive. My earthseed community will be near the ocean. I don’t want my community to be in such a busy area where people can instantly join. This community is only for specific people and we just restrict people from entering or else this community will lose its specialty. I believe the ocean brings tranquility and therefore this community will be peaceful. Only peaceful people can join. People who can tolerate differences among people. I don’t want different factors such as race, religion or gender to divide people. I also want there to be much diversity in this community so everyone is basically welcome. However they must be courteous of others. My leadership model for this community will be Steve Harvey. I believe he has come a long way to where he is now. He is the epitome of faith and perseverance and I would love the community members to learn how to be as motivated as he is. A future technology that I would like to create is a device where people can travel to Mars in only 10 minutes. I think it would be so cool to visit Mars and to see life outside of this world. This will help improve life at my community as people will not have anywhere else to compare life to. They will feel content with only visiting Mars. My earth seed community will survive by acts of kindness and unity. I will put a big emphasis on creating unity and sustaining unity within the community. I will also make sure that all the community members are employed so that homelessness is avoided. Two steps that my earthseed community will make to build a better future will be that we will provide great education. We will make sure that our students will not only learn the regular subjects but they will learn about subjects that are actually applicable to life, such as accounting and taxes, as well as resume building classes. I will also ensure that the housing is strong. Unfortunately, the greater los angeles community is filled with homelesses right now and I want to make sure that there is barely any homelesses. 

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Blog assignment #1

Leah Khoubian

In this blog post, I will be discussing Pumzi, which is a film directed by Wanuri Kahlu. We were introduced to this film in the beginning of this class. This film was quite interesting. To my understanding, this film tells a story of Asha, a museum curator living in an ultra-modern community base ruled by the Maitu Council, where dreams are suppressed and water is a precious product. When a sample of fresh soil mysteriously ends up in her hands, Asha is prompted to believe that there is life outside of the base and requests permission to leave so that she can investigate it further. Curiously denied her exit visa, Asha takes it upon herself to discover what lies beyond the controlled environment of the Maitu community. This film provoked me with many thoughts. How can it be that there is no life outside of the base? How can the community be in such shock of this discovery? It was interesting to learn how the community reacted and the way in which Asha followed her intellect and went through with her discovery. It definitely took her a struggle but I was glad to see she made it. This film reminded me of myself and the way in which I dealt with my struggles. There were times in which no one believed in me and I did not have any support. However, I stayed strong and I followed through with my gut. Looking back, I am do glad that I did not listen to them because in the end I was successful. Similar to how everyone thought Asha was crazy for believing there was life outside of the base, everyone thought I was crazy as well when i told them about my plans for the future; no one thought I can get into UCLA, and here I am now about to graduate ucla two years. I did not think I would be able to come up with the funds for the school but with my persistence and faith in Gd, I successfully did. I look up to Asha in so many ways; I look up to her bravery, her persistence, her motivation and courage. I am sure it was quite difficult to believe there was life outside this community and had she not followed her gut, she would have never saw the outer world that Gd has to offer. Asha is an inspiration to all and this film is very inspiring.

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Blog assignment #1 afrofuturism

Leah Khoubian

In this blog post, I will be discussing Pumzi, which is a film directed by Wanuri Kahlu. We were introduced to this film in the beginning of this class. This film was quite interesting. To my understanding, this film tells a story of Asha, a museum curator living in an ultra-modern community base ruled by the Maitu Council, where dreams are suppressed and water is a precious product. When a sample of fresh soil mysteriously ends up in her hands, Asha is prompted to believe that there is life outside of the base and requests permission to leave so that she can investigate it further. Curiously denied her exit visa, Asha takes it upon herself to discover what lies beyond the controlled environment of the Maitu community. This film provoked me with many thoughts. How can it be that there is no life outside of the base? How can the community be in such shock of this discovery? It was interesting to learn how the community reacted and the way in which Asha followed her intellect and went through with her discovery. It definitely took her a struggle but I was glad to see she made it. This film reminded me of myself and the way in which I dealt with my struggles. There were times in which no one believed in me and I did not have any support. However, I stayed strong and I followed through with my gut. Looking back, I am do glad that I did not listen to them because in the end I was successful. Similar to how everyone thought Asha was crazy for believing there was life outside of the base, everyone thought I was crazy as well when i told them about my plans for the future; no one thought I can get into UCLA, and here I am now about to graduate ucla two years. I did not think I would be able to come up with the funds for the school but with my persistence and faith in Gd, I successfully did. I look up to Asha in so many ways; I look up to her bravery, her persistence, her motivation and courage. I am sure it was quite difficult to believe there was life outside this community and had she not followed her gut, she would have never saw the outer world that Gd has to offer. Asha is an inspiration to all and this film is very inspiring.

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November 20th, 2019

Blog #6

This week in Professor Due’s class, I was introduced to many topics I was not familiar with before. As a Persian American girl who never really faced Hardships due to my ethnicity, it was heartbreaking yet eye-opening to learn the quandaries that African-American people endured for such irrational reasons. As our quarter is coming to an end, I would like to use this blog post to demonstrate everything we have learned as a whole. h after being exposed to such symbolic, heartbreaking and powerful films I cannot stress the importance of learning about these atrocities in depth. From the film, get out, too the film, us, to Eve’s Bayou, I now perceive the topic of racism with a brand new lens. Throughout my life I always was aware of what racism was but I never internalized it till now. In fact, I certainly believe that we are not in a post racialism society. In today’s world, we see mini police brutality cases And housing scenarios where Housing Authority’s quote higher prices two African Americans, therefore creating a racially segregated community. Although we do not have overtly exclusionary policies, barring certain individuals to not be included, racism certainly exists in our world today. I would like to add that I totally recommend every UCLA students to take this class as it will create a whole new perception of what racism is. In the film get out we see that Bob picked the cotton out from his seat to stuff it in his ear, in order to survive and escape the racist Armatage family. Symbolically, in the times of slavery, africans were referred to as cotton pickers. Another scenario which opens my mind was the scene where Roz Armatage ate her milk and cereal in a very peculiar manner. She ate her colored Froot Loops in a separate bowl from her white milk. As soon as I saw the scene my jaw dropped from the amount of shock I was in. Just like how the films that I was exposed to in Professor Due’s class changed my perception, it will open the eyes of many other individuals. I have learned so much from this course and I will definitely encourage my peers to take this class. Thanks to all the course material and films I was exposed to, Professor Brown and my T.A. Brittnee, I now have a whole new outlook on our counties history and the atrocities that innocent people endured for pathetic reasons. I am forever grateful for all that I have been exposed to these past couple months and I will definitely use the information I have learned to teach many others.

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Sarah Leah Khoubian

Blog #5

This week in Professor Brown’s class, we discussed many important topics. However the topic that resonated with me most is the topic of blackness and how it is portrayed in different films. Blackness can be defined as the property or quality of being black in color. Many films portray blackness in a positive or negative manner or in ways of provoking the audience to feel a certain type of way. Specifically, the film Night of the Living Dead and the Girl with all the Gifts shows blackness to be a form of leadership. In the night of the living dead, Chris, a dark skinned man led a bunch of troops in which he ultimately died. In the film, Girl with all the Gifts, the dark skinned soldier was sent out to hunt for food while the rest of the soldiers stayed in the bunks in their own comfort. When I was watching this scene, I began to ponder the question: “why couldn’t a white soldier be sent out to do this task?” And “how is this fair?”. Unsurprisingly, the black soldier died, as movies with black characters unfortunately allow the black characters to pass away first. Due to the atrocities that dark skinned people faced throughout history, I believe that blackness should be glorified in every movie and black characters should remain alive in movies, therefore glorifying their presence in our world. Both movies consist of brave characters who take courageous acts upon themselves. They show bravery and strength by taking on these acts, however they both end up dead. As I mentioned before, dark skinned people have faced many racial related challenges due to the color of their skin. As much as I have learned the hardships that dark skinned people faced, I can never understand the pain and agony they experienced due to not physically being in their shoes. Thanks to Professor Due, my T.A. Brittnee and all the films, books and course materials that I have been exposed to, I now have a much better perception of what blackness means. Before this class, I always knew the basics of racism, however I could not truly connect with it. I am now more familiar with racism as a whole which is vividly still present today. This week, I came across an NPR interview in which Toni Morrison denies that we are in a post racialism society. She demonstrates that racism will only diminish when social and vitriolic racists begin to take blame for their own issues, rather than blaming them on black individuals. After examining this interview, I began to internalize the fact that racism is still present today. Although there is no discriminatory law enforcing racial groups to be excluded from certain privileges, there are certain racist individuals who perform covert tactics which sustain racial segregation. Racism is not shown as overtly as it was back in the day, however it is absolutely still existent. Overall, blackness is something that I glorify and in my opinion it is imperative to always stand against racists who attempt to sustain inequality.

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Blog #4

The 1972 horror film film Blacula, directed by William Cain, tells a story of an African prince named Mamuwalde who turns into a vampire. When he visits Count’s castle in Transylvania, Count Dracula refuses to help Mauwalde conquer the slave trade; Dracula turns Mamuwalde into a vampire named Blacula. In addition, Dracula imprisons Luva, Mamuwalde’s wife, and allows her to slowly die. After watching this scary film, I was provoked with many mixed emotions. I was fascinated to see two homosexual men in the begining of the movie. I am aware that this film was made in 1970 a time where I thought homosexuality was not as prevalent and accepted in society as it is today. Furthermore when I saw these flamboyant characters portrayed in such an old film, I was quite happy as this film proved my assumptions wrong. I believe that this film started many new trends norms which were not as common in those days. As a persian young girl who always knew Dracula as a white man, I was extremely glad to see that this same film was created with black characters. After watching both Dracula and Blacula, I would definitely have to admit that blcula was a more thrilling, exciting, and interesting film. It was interesting to see that they used a handsome black man to portray the character of blacula. After spying on a couple people at a funeral home, Mamuwalde across a woman named Tina who resembles his deceased wife. He falls in love with her and she ultimately reciprocates the love. It is funny to see that as blacula is continuously doing his vampire acts, Tina falls more and more in love with him. Seeing this made me ask: why do girls like bad guys? Quite often, women find themselves lured into men who are bad influences and can cause much harm. However, I believe that at the moment they are blinded by love and as the honey moon stage diminishes, they will finally be able to see each others true colors. As Tina stuck around with him and followed his order of staying in his new hideout by a chemical plant, she ended up getting killed. It was interesting to see that in the end, Mamuwalde turned Tina into a vampire in order not to lose her. In conclusion, I really enjoyed watching this film and I definitely learned many lessons as well.

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Blog #3

After watching Kasi Lemmons’s American drama film, “Eve’s Bayou”, I was able to connect various different scenes to my own daily life. Witnessing Cicely face the transitions and change of adulthood reminded me of my own challenges in teenagehood; I was also introduced to a face covered in acne and excruciating menstrual pain every month. The viewer sees that Cicely is unfamiliar with these changes and is trying to figure out herself. A theme in which the film really portrayed was the theme of judging favorably and giving the benefit of the doubt. This theme is exemplified in the scene when Eve accidentally sees her dad having a sexual affair with her family friend, Matty Mereaux. Nevertheless, Cisely, her older sister, convinces her that she merely saw the wrong moment and misinterpreted it. The fact that Cisely persuades Eve of this misconception, is an exemplification of judging someone favorably. Despite Cisely’s observation may be unreliable and she is not exactly certain if the affair occurred, she still gives her father the benefit of the doubt and persuades her sister to do as well. Many times people deceive me into thinking that others did a wrong act, however, before believing it, I try to judje that person favorably. Often times we don’t see the full picture and jump into conclusion after only seeing one scene of an incident. We may even spread false rumors after misinterpreting an innocent moment. However, it is imperative that one must abide by the acronym J.E.F.F.S, which stands for Judge Everyone Favorably Fast and Stat. Another example in the film where the theme of judging unfavorably is portrayed is when Eve asks Elzora to commit a voodoo curse to kill her father, after believing the rumor that her father raped her Cisely. Instead of giving her fathe the benefit of the doubt, she jumped to conclusion adn was a mere reason as to why her father was killed. After the damage was already done, Eve unfolds a letter that her father wrote regarding the accusations. In the letter, he claims that Cisely had actually come to him and initially kissed him as a daughter which then transformed into the kiss from a lover. As a reaction to this shocking act, he slapped Eve and threw her to the ground, causing her to be extremely furious with him. Cisely then realizes that her memory was unreliable and she was actually guilty of this act. I learned a very important lesson from this film which is to never succumb to emotions so rash as they can cause fatal and regretful decisions.

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After watching the film, Us, by Jordan Peele, I began to ponder on several themes that the film portrays. All themes were extremely vital, however, I am most interested in the theme of inequality and guilt. The film tells the story of how Adelaide Wilson and her family arrive at their beautiful summer house in santa cruz. In the midst of their vacation, they are suddenly attacked by their identical look alikes. Although the family from under comes to attack the family in the home, there is a lot of guilt. We see that although the family’s are extremely opposed to each other, the mother’s show a maternal instinct to the kids on the opposite side. This subject is exemplified when the viewer sees that Adelaide reached out to help Pluto, which was not her child. Her mother instincts kicked in and she took the responsibility of helping this child as it’s her own. This reminded me of my own religion and culture. In the holocoasut, it is evident that many non jewish mothers saved Jewish children’s lives by taking them in their home and raising the children as if they were their own. Despite the fact that this women could have gotten killed for saving Jeiwsh children, their maternal instincts compelled them to do this act of kindness. So as, Adeladie could have possibly lost her own life for reaching out to help Pluto, but she found it in her heart to do so. She would have felt guilty if she had not helped this child. This reminds me of Norman B. Rice’s quote, “Dare to reach out your hand into the darkness, to pull another hand into the light.” This quote speaks to me on a report meaning. It teaches me that we just always help others regardless if that’s have opposing beliefs, religions or opinions. In this movie, we see that Adelaide truly abided by this quote by reaching her hand out to help the child from downstairs. Her action has taught me the importance of being kind and helping another regardless how different they are from you. Throughout this film, it is evident that equality is extremely vital. I was also taken aback by the scene when Red came and put Adelaid in handcuffs. Here it is evident that she came to do revenge on Adelaide who did this same act in the beginning. Overall, this film signified many themes, however the one that stuck with me the most is inequality and guilt.

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Blog #1

Sarah Leah Khoubian

After watching Jordan Peel’s horror film, Get Out, I began to ponder on America’s race relations and the tragic reality of racism. Peele exemplifies the subject of horror using a great amount of hidden symbolism, motifs, and foreshadowing. The film depicts a story of Chris, a colored man who is going out of town with Rose, his girlfriend, to meet her family for the first time.Knowing that he is Rose’s first colored boyfriend, Chris is pretty nervous on how her family will respond. However, Rose assures Chris that her family would not be opposed to their relationship as her father “would vote for Obama for a third time if he could have”. Rose tries to convince Chris that her family is not racist underneath her entire scheme. In the beginning of the movie, when Rose runs over a deer, the audience sees that there is a deeper meaning. The dead deer symbolizes the death of innocence which results to be a recurring motif. Towards the end of the film when Chris tries to escape Rose’s house, he takes the deer’s head that is hanging on the wall and uses its antlers to kill Rose’s dad. Here we see that Chris uses his lost innocence to fight for his life. There were many moments throughout the movie, which depicted the symbolism of isolation and assimilation. This theme is exemplified when Chris tries to make a connection with the black servants, however due to their white programmed mind, he is unable to achieve the closeness and connection. This subject is portrayed again when Chris attends the family party and comes to the realization that he is the only black guest. He begins to feel lonely and isolated. He also begins to realize the racism that was lingering throughout the family. We see another instance of isolation when Rose eats her colored cereal in a separate bowl from her white milk. Just from her eating habits, it is quite evident to the viewer that she can not perceive white and colored people to be as one. I really enjoyed watching this movie, as it reminded me of my own hardship of embracing my religion as a Jew. Ever since a young girl, I felt quite isolated from the rest of my classmates who were able to eat anything hey wanted. However, I was only allowed to eat kosher food which is instructed by the Torah. Many times I felt scared walking alongside my father who was wearing a kippah on his head, a symbol of Judaism. I felt isolated compared to the others who weren’t wearing one. However, as I got older I came to the realization that my father should not feel isolated but rather proud to wear a kippah on his head. At times he felt compelled to take it off in order to assimilate with the rest of the crowd, however, now he wears it with much pride and happiness.

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