11/2/17

Daily Blog #2

Today in class Mr. Rivers started off by reminding us to continue reading Ready Player one, continue our Be Reel blogs, and keep utilizing our analysis on our pieces of text.  We continued watching Get Out and continued writing our microaggressions for the day. Mr. Rivers gave us a preview that today will include a lot of microaggressions that our class needs to pay attention to. In the movie, Chris is hypnotized by Rose’s mother, letting out his emotions on his experience with his mother’s death. She puts him in the place of that time where his mother died, letting him feel the emotions he felt at the time. He cannot move once he is under hypnosis, and he ends up sinking into the floor under complete hypnosis, where is now placed in an all black space called the “sunken space.” Rose’s mother closes his eyes and he wakes up panting from this “dream.” Chris gets to talk to one of the servants named Walter, where he acts extremely odd while chopping wood. He then moves on to explain to Rose how he got hypnotized and what exactly happened, and also how his hypnotism made him quit his smoking habit. After this, all of the white guests arrive in time for the annual party, and they all analyze Chris in very intricate ways, making uncomfortable remarks regarding his features and such. Chris ends up seeing one black man, who he tries to greet. He acts extremely odd as well, as the young black man is married to much older white woman. Chris is dumbfounded by the odd acting of him and cannot seem to piece together why he is acting this way. Then, Chris is introduced to a blind man, who is an art dealer, and knows Chris by his artwork. After Chris talks to him, he goes back inside and as he goes upstairs, where all of the guests go quiet, analyzing his every move. His phone is dead and unplugged from the charger as well, adding suspicion to this party. He calls his friend to tell him about his hypnotized and his friend is extremely skeptical about him being there. His friend thinks everyone is being hypnotized and something bad is going to happen to him. Georgina walks into the room with Chris, acting extremely odd as well, gets closer and closer to him, making it seem like something bad is going to happen. Georgina begins laughing with tears coming down her face, and repeats the word “no” and insists that she is treated very well by Rose’s family, leaving Chris to think she is insane. Chris gets introduced to more guests, and is asked about the African American experience is and hands off the question to the other young odd black man named Jerry, and Chris takes a flash picture of him who then completely lashes out saying for Chris to get out. This is a very intense scene where the audience questions why Jerry is acting so odd. He is then taken into a room where he is “fixed” by Rose’s mother. Rose then takes Chris on a walk, and during this time, all of the guests are are auctioning off something which seems to be a slave auction to obtain Chris for themselves. Chris explains to Rose how he wants to leave and he is not understanding all of this weird experiences. The guests auction off Chris to the blind art dealer. Going back to Chris and Rose on their walk, Chris explains how his mother died, and gets really emotional with Rose, and he ensures that he is not going to leave without her. As they come back, the guests leave, ending the extremely odd series of events. Chris ends up going inside to send the picture of Jerry to his friend, and he is completely different. Chris begins to panic and tells Rose he needs to leave because he realizes that something is completely wrong in this house. Some examples of microaggressions present in the film so far are the “servants” Georgina and Walter who are both black, the idea of the auction to “buy” Chris, and even more that I should not spoil since it is an assignment to be finished by the end of the movie. However, today the movie really picked up its pace and started revealing some important details that most likely will foreshadow an end result.

Based on the microaggressions we are talking about in class, a thought crossed my mind today in my marketing class when we discussed how different nations have certain etiquette and major differences when it comes to day to day life and business interactions. In certain countries, different hand gestures mean certain things that may be considered rude. These gestures may lead someone to assume something or get offended when it might have not been on purpose. I related this reaction to the sort of reaction a person might get from a microaggression because it could be extremely offensive and may not be noticed by the person ensuing it. It may seem far fetched but the ideology behind the two are actually pretty similar. Think about that next time you are in a foreign country, and simply be careful what gestures you make.