hatred from "you"

Celestine 2022-03-28 09:01:13

I was lucky to see this movie by accident, and it happened to be a newly released high-profile work. After watching it for about 10 seconds, I used to return to the interface to read the introduction, enmmm, A heavy topic of clichés - racism. To be honest, I have no in-depth understanding of this topic, and I have only encountered it in books and movies. First, I will make some after-view records on the intuitive understanding of the film level. The heroine Starr is an African-American girl who lives in a black neighborhood. Her father runs a store, her mother works in medicine, and she has a half-brother and a younger brother. Although they were indoctrinated with the "law of black survival" since childhood, it did not affect them as a family that loved each other. For protection, her mother sends Starr and her brother seven to a predominantly white private school. There, Starr made his friends and boyfriends, but Starr knew in his heart that the school self was not the real self, but the self who cared about the disguise of his skin color, which also paved the way for the breakup with his friends later. The story begins with Starr attending a black party and meeting his young and first love, Khalil. The two were interrupted by gunfire and riots. Khalil offered to send Starr home, but was stopped by a white policeman on the way and was accidentally violent. Law enforcement died, and Starr became the only witness at the scene. From the initial rejection to being willing to accept media interviews to appearing in court for jury testimony, everyone's focus is still on the identity of khalil "drug dealer" and "lawless teenager", although Starr breaks through his layers of psychological barriers in exchange for white police officers He was released from the crime, and ultimately failed to absolve his friend. To tell the truth, it is very helpless. In reality, there is always prejudice and injustice. You still have nothing to do with it, but you still have not wiped out your efforts to make this change. Here I have to mention another tear-jerking point of the film - my brother's example. The gun protects Dad. Although he failed to stand up for khalil, Starr stopped everything in time when his younger brother was also being violently enforced, and expressed the idea of ​​the film: In fact, hatred is not given by others, but by his own nation In addition, in the face of injustice, discrimination, and reality, we can resist, but please don’t degenerate yourself. Because of differences in skin color and racial discrimination, African-Americans cannot find good jobs, but this is not drug trafficking and drug addiction. The reason for power, I know it's tough, but there must be other better ways, because this is a vicious circle that needs and must be broken. Now I want to talk about my favorite characters. I don't really want to say more about the heroine, because she has her own aura of justice for the protagonist. At the end of the whole film, she finally abandoned the mask of complacency and returned to her true self. This is her Growing up through the homicide of two best friends, it's hard for a 16-year-old high school student, especially after a series of hard work and threats When faced with undesired consequences after threats. To tell the truth, I really like the role of the heroine's father in the play, which perfectly interprets "there is a sense of security called father", especially the open secrets of a black community that should not be said in Starr's interview with the media - King lord After being threatened by gangster forces (drug trafficking) for many times, her father still encouraged and supported Starr to speak out for justice and to eliminate the guilt that caused danger to her family. In Starr's words, he set an example of integrity and good people for her. . There is also Starr's boyfriend Chris, a warm-hearted white boy who has always insisted on his heart and loves Starr, especially the sentence "I'm your fool", the sweetness of the dead is no doubt. It adds a bright color to this heavy topic film. Starr's uncle, this character also attracted my attention, especially the dialogue between him and Starr, I was almost convinced that the white police were innocent, but the soul torture was so direct in front of the skin color, "shoot or put your hands up" will be preferred depending on whether it is white or black, and life becomes ironic. Going back to the title, I put you in double quotation marks for the hatred given by "you". In fact, this is what I'm thinking about. This film reminds me of a book I read before, "The Countryman's Love". Elegy, originally titled "Hillilly" "Elegy", the influence of the original family, the rise is the influence of the original environment, this book is more about the good living conditions and living habits of the bottom white people, and explores why this class is better than the poorest immigrant in American society. But also a reason for despair and depression. However, the protagonist of this family history changed his destiny through learning and entered the upper class of society, but this is not a simple inspirational story, but also revealed that backwardness is self-inflicted, and the bad roots are difficult to get rid of. Going back to this film, racial discrimination is certainly wrong, but eliminating it is not just about parades for unknown reasons and the evil deeds of suppressing violence with violence. If we can't change for a while, why not change ourselves? After all, the interpretation of life is in your hands, and becoming stronger can be a choice. Just like the Jiuyin Zhenjing in "Ei Tian Tu Long Ji": "He is strong and he is strong, the breeze blows the hills; he is crossed by him, the bright moon shines on the river, he is cruel and he is evil, and I am full of true energy." If we can’t change the injustice in reality, then we should strengthen ourselves first and then work hard. Even if we can’t, we can inspire my descendants to continue to work hard, and we will eventually break the injustice, because we have broken through the vicious cycle, and we will be afraid of waiting. To the dawn of victory?

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  • Maverick 'Mav' Carter: I ain't set a good example of a black man for you.

    Starr Carter: No, you didn't. You set a good example of what a man should be.

  • Starr Carter: [narrating] It's not the hate you give. It's the hate *we* give.