Simpson, a downright opportunist, both alienated from the black community in the early days and returned to the black community in the later period was driven by his delicate self-interest. In addition, he is always eager to get people's attention, whether it is adoration, disgust, fear, as long as the spotlight is always on him, he will succeed.
As a wealthy black man, Simpson intelligently navigated racial tensions and achieved personal success. On the one hand, he strives to separate himself from racial issues and avoid the obstacles brought by the black identity protest movement to his own destiny; on the other hand, he cleverly uses his black identity to make himself a mascot for white people to hide their racial hatred .
The trial of Simpson is no longer a trial for him personally, no longer for his crimes, but a trial for centuries of persecution of black people, revenge for the black community, and a history of racism. liquidation. Simpson just became a symbol. The seriousness of all white people in this matter becomes a joke in Simpson's play; and this may be a reverse reflection of race relations - those so-called just, neutral, and sanctimonious laws Behind the operation of the machine is the naked oppression of power, and Simpson has played with this set of "justice" mechanisms. However, the blood feud between races did not come to an end, and more than ten years later, the law was used to realize the revenge of the white people.
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