Arizona Social Class Analysis

During class we watched a film that was based on slavery and war. Throughout the film I was thinking about how the soldiers didn’t have another choice but to use physical force in order to gain control over the slaves and the individuals that did wrong. I understand that the prisoners were punished for stealing a loaf of bread. However, I found it very cruel and ruthless that the person that were in charge of the laws gave an individuals years for simply stealing a loaf of bread. The horrible thing about it was that the prisoner took the loaf of bread in order to feed someone else. I felt like this was based on how someone stands in the social class. I can relate it to society today in aspect of how we have been so divided up in order a specific social class and based on those social classes will have privileges attached to
This has similar connections with the law that Arizona regulated which is the SB 1070. This law was established in 2010 but continues to be enforced till this day and it’s basically the broadest and strictest anti-illegal immigration law held in Arizona. The worse part is that the state law enforcement officers attempt to determine an individual’s immigrant status during a lawful stop, detention or arrest, when there is reasonable suspicion that the individual is an illegal immigrant. I feel like someone shouldn’t be punished by simply based the color of their skin. It’s like judging a book from its cover. The person that took the loaf of bread didn’t have the opportunity nor the chance to explain the motive of why he took the bread. If I was in this place I would have done the same thing because I care about others especially if it has to deal with children. The children in this film were innocent and the turning point of the unethical leader that was leading the soldier made it very clear that he was doing something wrong about killing innocent individuals. In addition to that, it