Their Eyes Were Watching God Compare And Contrast

The idea of this assignment is to connect both the film and book. “Their eyes were watching God”, then, viewing the film “I am not your negro” inspired by James Baldwin’s writings’ on the death and purpose of his three friends Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, and Medgar Evers. The film really took me back especially when James Baldwin spoke about, black children watching a film based on white cowboys shooting the Indians. James Baldwin goes in depth about how black children view themselves as the white cowboy shooting at the Indians, not knowing that the Indians, are the black children. Janie experienced a familiar event in life where she too was unsure of her appearance in society then. Janie did not realize she was a part of the enslaved.
It would take Janie sometime to learn she had, “black girl magic.” James Baldwin’s purpose of the scenario is to give the viewer an explanation to say, where can a black child fit in society? What happens when a black child feels a part of the United States because he/she was born in the U.S. yet, the U.S. teaches and subjects black children to feel different as if “we” are worthless. In the film, James Baldwin is seen having a discussion with a group of people, this is my interpretation of what was said, when us as a country can eliminate the pigment in our skin and place our focus into looking at one another as brothers, and sisters; when someone hurts our brother or sister we will not say, a white man killed a negro instead, a brother has killed his brother we can change the world. This discussion was breathtaking. Why? It is a way of changing