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Initial Introduction to Racially Diverse Persons

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In life, it was never thought that racial or cultural differences existed. It was perceived thought all human beings were similar until getting a chance to watch a movie known as “Forest Grump by Tom Hanks”. That is the moment that and individual can realize that some people were racially different. The movie instances were full of racism. Here are the impressions and summary concerning the movie (Jefferson, 2014).

To start with, the main character known as Tom Hanks whose role in the Forest Gump was racially different along with Buba, Forest's close friend. The racial difference appeared in the demonstration organized by black Americans to demand equal rights (Donald & Rattansi, 2015). The African Americans wanted to attend the same schools that the whites attended as well. This gives the impression that there was a difference between people based on their color. The main character seemed to acknowledge the racial differences by wondering how the blacks could school together with the whites. As a result, there is an immediate development of some negative impressions towards the characters since the “patron” had no idea that people were different based on their race.

From a cultural pluralist perspective, the experience on Forest Gump was a negative one. People were born knowing that all human beings are the same irrespective of their culture, race, origin, and ethnic background. There is something about the experience that did intrigue the “patrons”, it was surprising that the whites opposed the idea of attending the same schools with the whites as well as using the same social facilities

In conclusion, the majority of the people who have been watching this movie are shocked to realize how racial discrimination is real. There are so much racial indifferences which has been witnessed happening between the whites and the black. For instance, racial discrimination has been portrayed the moment that white choose only to use the facilities without sharing with the black people (Banning, 2019).

References

Banning, M. (2019). Race, class, gender, and classroom discourse. Race Is … Race Isn’t, 155-180. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429503504-8

Donald, J., & Rattansi, A. (2015). Race, culture, and difference. SAGE.

Jefferson, T. (2014). Racial hatred and racial prejudice: A difference that makes a difference. The Unhappy Divorce of Sociology and Psychoanalysis, 359-379. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137304582_17