Today in class we started to watch our newest film, "Get Out" directed by Jordan Peele. A few classes earlier we listened to the short interview about the film, and watched the "Run Rabbit Run" scene and we picked up from there.
In the first section of the movie we meet our main character, Chris Washington and his girlfriend, Rose Armitage. They are planning a trip to go stay with and meet her parents, and she has not told them anything about Chris, so he is really nervous to meet them. She promises him that he has nothing to worry about, and they are defiantly not racist. Within the first part of the film the family slips multiple microagrressions into their conversations that are basically aimed at Chris, and Chris plays it off like it does not affect him, but it progressively gets worse throughout the rest of the section. Rose starts to realize that her parents are just as bad towards Chris as the cop that "helped" them after Rose hit a deer.
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(If you were not here on Monday either, and have not read the article on microaggressions, it's on classroom! Don't forget to work on your Be Reel blog posts, seeing as you need TWO per marking period! Also, remember to pin up your Objective Quality / Subjective Enjoyment cards in class for the movies you chose for your Be Reel blog posts. This is the Good-Good, Good-Bad, Bad-Bad board up in class by the door.)
Yesterday while I was nervously waiting to being taking my drivers test, the driving instructor looked at me, then back down, scribbling at the paper, back up to me and said "your hair makes you look like an evil witch."
I usually get strange comments like that, or I'll get a dirty look from an older person. I can see where comments like evil witch could be considered "rude." I didn't have anything to say back to her, so I laughed uncomfortably, and I think she realized what she said wasn't entirely a compliment, and apologized and followed with some sort of compliment. I'm not sure if this is considered a microaggression, but if so, then I experience them often. (Nonetheless, I still passed.)
This is an EXCELLENT blog post! Really good information about what we did in class and your specific details would be most helpful from the perspective of a student who missed class. I love the paragraph about the Be Reel updates - such a conversational tone speaks to the heart of this assignment, which is designed to put students in conversations with each other. Your extension is EXACTLY what an extension should look like. Clear connection to our course of study and a justification for why we learn what we learn! Congrats on passing your test!
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