Zachary Fitzgerald
Zachary Fitzgerald
Dr. Beasley
English 1101
22 September 2014
Racism?
It has been argued amongst the movie viewing community that the film Beasts of the Southern Wild is a racist take on poverty and the difference between regular society and common folk. There is an article called “The racism of the Beasts of the Southern Wild”, which has been established to lead one to believe that this production is a stab against an ethnic community. Although racial tension is a great way to bring attention to any literary work in today’s society, the claim by this article was never evident in the movie whatsoever. This particular piece of work was met immediately with a logical counter argument called “What Beasts of the Southern Wild really says”. This work is the correct take on the movie and is significantly more factual than the initial article. The accusing article is one of little fact and validity and a vast amount of hearsay. This article claims due to the race of the main character and the misfortunes she has grown up with that the story is insulting. The writer identifies the problem with this movie with the term “casual racism” which is a term created to bypass the need for factual points. The writer of this article also depicts the main character as a cute black girl who is blissfully ignorant and has learned to embrace her lifestyle, but in actuality she had just fallen victim to her environment. It is common knowledge that kids tend to learn for their parents and heroines from movies such as this are no different. Her father raised her to be proud of where she came from no matter how frowned upon their home was. He raised Hush puppy to survive the only way he knew how, and this mindset he passed onto her couldn’t possibly be misconstrued as a discriminatory trait to black people as a whole. The writer of “The racism of The Beasts of the Southern Wild” depicts this movie as a story of a community that is set apart from the world due to race, but how is this
Dr. Beasley
English 1101
22 September 2014
Racism?
It has been argued amongst the movie viewing community that the film Beasts of the Southern Wild is a racist take on poverty and the difference between regular society and common folk. There is an article called “The racism of the Beasts of the Southern Wild”, which has been established to lead one to believe that this production is a stab against an ethnic community. Although racial tension is a great way to bring attention to any literary work in today’s society, the claim by this article was never evident in the movie whatsoever. This particular piece of work was met immediately with a logical counter argument called “What Beasts of the Southern Wild really says”. This work is the correct take on the movie and is significantly more factual than the initial article. The accusing article is one of little fact and validity and a vast amount of hearsay. This article claims due to the race of the main character and the misfortunes she has grown up with that the story is insulting. The writer identifies the problem with this movie with the term “casual racism” which is a term created to bypass the need for factual points. The writer of this article also depicts the main character as a cute black girl who is blissfully ignorant and has learned to embrace her lifestyle, but in actuality she had just fallen victim to her environment. It is common knowledge that kids tend to learn for their parents and heroines from movies such as this are no different. Her father raised her to be proud of where she came from no matter how frowned upon their home was. He raised Hush puppy to survive the only way he knew how, and this mindset he passed onto her couldn’t possibly be misconstrued as a discriminatory trait to black people as a whole. The writer of “The racism of The Beasts of the Southern Wild” depicts this movie as a story of a community that is set apart from the world due to race, but how is this