Comparing Do The Right Thing 'And The Ballot Or The Bullet'
Few words on "Do the right thing" movie
I learned about Martin Luther King Jr.'s 'I Have a Dream' speech and Malcolm X's 'The Ballot or The Bullet' speech in one of our previous classes. Interestingly, I found a reflection of both their speeches in this movie. To me, one of the most shocking scenes was when the white cop choked Radio Raheem to death. Although Radio, a gigantic black man, was refusing to submit to handcuffs, I believe that the white cop had no right to cross his boundaries and choke him to death. In my opinion, he did not do the right thing by taking a life in order to stop the fight.
This scene took me back to the scene in which Radio Raheem schools Mookie on the never-ending struggle between love and hate. In Radio's explanation,
I learned about Martin Luther King Jr.'s 'I Have a Dream' speech and Malcolm X's 'The Ballot or The Bullet' speech in one of our previous classes. Interestingly, I found a reflection of both their speeches in this movie. To me, one of the most shocking scenes was when the white cop choked Radio Raheem to death. Although Radio, a gigantic black man, was refusing to submit to handcuffs, I believe that the white cop had no right to cross his boundaries and choke him to death. In my opinion, he did not do the right thing by taking a life in order to stop the fight.
This scene took me back to the scene in which Radio Raheem schools Mookie on the never-ending struggle between love and hate. In Radio's explanation,