MAKING PEACE: FACING RACISM

1 Pages 237 Words

This movie proves how many Americans know little about the people they are sitting next too. The internal struggles everyone faces is not necessarily based on color, but of their cultural and ethnic background. For example, the Jewish man was very distraught about the holocaust. But he totally disregarded the fact that another man came to him to explain his feelings. Instead of taking in what the African American man had to say, he exploded with his own internal conflicts. This did not resolve any problems.
The entire group was very uptight and afraid to say what was truly going on inside. One-on-one with the camera, they talked more freely about their feelings and weren’t afraid to express any grief or problems with their partner. When people partnered up, many dazed off and were not paying any attention to the personal struggles of their partner. This was immensely disrespectful.
The only time throughout the movie I felt everyone got along and felt one hundred percent comfortable, was when the groups were broken up into separate ethnic groups. Here they were with people of their own culture and were not afraid to express any feelings. Especially about the struggles and problems they were having with the people in the workshop. They felt comfortable to talk about others and convey any problems in their personal life....