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| "Selma" Movie Poster by eastwoodsabre.com |
In the film Selma, the black community is not easily allowed
to vote despite the fact that voting has been a legal right to US Citizens and
legal residents despite race as described in the 15th amendment since 1870.
Martin Luther King Jr. inspires the black community of Selma, Alabama, where
more than 50% of the population is black and yet they are still denied their
right to vote, to stand up in a non-violent protest movement with him to make
the change. After multiple deaths of
blacks and whites, in the year of 1965 the Voting Rights Act was fulfilled
thanks to Mr. King. I really enjoyed watching this film because it allowed me
to learn in more detail about the extreme unfairness and struggle the black
community had to go through to simply fulfill their natural right to vote.
Although throughout the movie I saw many individuals, whom are repulsively
racist and nonhuman, I also saw kind and loving people whom made me believe
back again in humanity. This movement attracted many religions, races, and
ethnicity to come together and support the black community despite knowing
their lives would be at risk. As part of the Latino community, I myself have
witnessed discrimination and I have also been involved with protests regarding
the Latino and immigrant rights such as The Dream Act. These experiences
strongly influence my evaluation of this film because I can strongly relate to
the hurt caused by the unfairness and discrimination supported by the law
itself. The law is said to protect us, but in history the law has harmed the
black community and other minority groups such as Latinos and to this day the
law continues to do so. I simply cannot justify under any circumstances the
violent and discriminating actions of the white people shown in the film or of
any one today because it is nonhuman to do such things to anybody.
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Martin Luther King Jr at the Selma march with other
protesters of all races and religions -by thedailybeast.com
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