Rene Romano's Narrative Of Redemption

Civil Rights and the violence that perused around the 1960’s used to be and still are a major problem for people of The United States. Romano noticed that there were generally three themes that came with the new modernizing idea of reversing segregation. These three recurring themes in Romano’s article of the presence of a white savior, acts of individual racism, and opportunities for these racist people to become redeemed fall into place nicely and can be seen in Mississippi Burning and The Help. It appears that the civil rights movement was diluted by white supremacist trying to redeem their names through bringing individuals to trial and serving justice.

Romano’s Interpretation In Rene Romano’s Narrative of Redemption, the author has noticed that there are three recurring themes in the civil rights movies and is upset about which areas of the civil rights movements have received attention. The first of the three themes that Romano says stand out is that whites stand out as saviors. She is upset that movies and stories make whites look like heroes while ignore other civil rights movements and
For example, agent Anderson used to be in charge of a little town like the one they are currently investigating. Now that Anderson is a detective, he is trying to stop the corruption in the city and he is redeeming himself of his previous actions in life. Rene wishes that the film would not have it appear as if Anderson is redeeming himself. However, she wants the focus to be on the betterment of civil rights and not glorifying the white people. A last example of redemption is when one of the sheriff’s deputy’s wives gives away the location of the bodies of the missing boys. The wife is redeeming herself after all the bad things her husband has done to the African community in her city. This again glorifies whites and does not look at big picture of civil rights as Rene wishes the film