Summary Of Moonlight

Moonlight focuses on a young boy, Chiron, facing the challenges of exploring his sexuality, growing up with a drug dependant mother and no father figure in his life. Chiron lives in a small community where the life options are to be a drug dealer, criminal, part of a gang, or to attempt to escape the vicious circle. He does not understand his place in the world and is continuously questioning himself. As a child the least of his worries should be of his place in society and the community. He has already had a stereotype of a black man in the ‘hood’ or ‘ghetto’ to live up to before he is even old enough to make his own decisions. Unfortunately in certain environments you cannot escape the reality of what your child will become. With being in such an unfortunate position of being a
People will speak derogatively about those they deem to be beneath them because it empowers them, regardless of whether it is factual. When it’s on a small, individual scale, the impact can be hurtful but negligible. However, when racially prejudiced people are the ones with the power, those prejudices become normality and they’re no longer deemed prejudices but privileges. Communities such as Chiron’s are forced into the fringes of society because they are a minority. As long as those who are racially prejudiced have power, it is useful to them to keep black communities like Chiron’s in poverty. By keeping these communities in poverty, they’re forced to turn to crime as an “easy” way out. Where there is poverty, there is desperation and where there is desperation, there is crime. Those who commit crimes become villains. Where there is a high crime rate, there is a low social opinion