This is an old movie. Turn it out and relive it, not just for the occasion.
In the past month or so, a wave of "Black Lives Matter" protests broke out in cities across the United States and the Western world because of the black George Freud being "necked" by the white police. Looking back at the movies more than 30 years ago and looking back at the civil rights movement in the 1960s, it is embarrassing. Deep-rooted racial issues cannot be completely resolved overnight. In the United States, there are still many white racists, but after the magnificent and evocative civil rights movement of the 1960s, the public clamor and rampantness lurked into the dark corner of the soul. Trump's coming to power released those hidden racist demons. Not only are some Anglo whites hiding the devil of racism, some Asians and some Chinese, although they are also at the low end of the racial sequence in the eyes of Anglo whites, they are equally ugly in discriminating against blacks.
"I can't breathe"-after so many years, some people still feel suffocated because of their skin color. This is the disgrace of the United States and the sorrow of mankind.
Another old film, "The Hot Night" (1967), was shot in the age of the civil rights movement.
In the 1960s, in a small town in southern Mississippi, a businessman from the north who had invested in and built a factory corpse the street. A black man waiting at the station became a suspect and was arrested...
The race-themed film won the Oscar for Best Picture that year. Looking at it now, the theme is straightforward, and there is a clear distinction between good and evil characters, which is undoubtedly the main theme of Hollywood. However, the subject of anti-racism is not outdated. The United States under Trump's rule has reproduced the scene of the South back then, and the Anglo whites, who have been stubborn for a long time, can vent their contempt and hatred of people of color unscrupulously.
After entering the 21st century, race-themed movies are still hot, and they can always be seen on the Oscar nominations list. In 2019, the 91st Oscars Best Picture nominations have three more on the list, "Green Book" "Finally won the crown. This reflects Hollywood's distinctive anti-racist position as the center of liberals.
The new film "Justice's Mercy" released in 2020, directed by "Juvenile Shelter" director Destin Cliton, is adapted from the non-fiction work of the same name by the great American civil rights lawyer Brian Stevenson. In 1862, Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation (effective on January 1, 1863). In April 1865, the Confederate States surrendered. On June 19 (Juneteenth), Texas announced the emancipation of slaves, marking the end of slavery in the United States. However, the citizenship rights of blacks have not been guaranteed, and systematic racial discrimination is still widespread. After a hundred years of unremitting struggles, especially the civil rights movement that began in 1952, the U.S. Congress passed the Civil Rights Act in 1964, and the Voting Rights Act was passed the following year, which systematically eliminated the race against blacks. discriminate. However, systemic discrimination has been eliminated, and systemic discrimination, which is mainly rooted in people's hearts, has not disappeared with it.
The anti-racism road is long and long, and it has not yet come to an end.
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