Month: October 2018

I’m very conflicted if Mookie did right thing or not. The last 20 minutes or so of the movie just escalated so fast. I understand why Buggin’ Out did he what he did, he cares about his community and wants his black folks to be more represented in said community. However, I don’t agree with the way he approached it. There definitely was a better way to get this representation, not by provoking Sal and in doing so frustrated Sal. Radio Raheem was also provoking him with his very loud radio. They could’ve simply spoke to him, but it’s understandable with they did. Even though Sal was frustrated, he didn’t have to say the N-word. That’s where it escalated even further starting a whole mosh pit. The cops came to break up the fight, but sadly while doing so they ended up killing Raheem. This enraged the whole neighborhood and they started to blame Sal and his sons. So, here’s why I’m conflicted with what Mookie did. As the whole neighborhood continued to gang up on Sal, Mookie throws a trash can at the pizzeria’s window. I feel like he did this to take the heat off of Sal and into his store. Yes, there could’ve been a better way to do it, but ultimately I feel that he did do the right thing out of respect to Sal for keeping him employed. If I was Mookie I honestly don’t know what I would’ve done. I probably would’ve just went home and wait for the whole to blow over.

After 62 minutes of watching this movie, I’ve been wondering why Sal built his pizza shop in a heavily black neighborhood. He hired Mookie to get the pizzas delivered, but mainly to keep the fellow black people happy and attract more customers. It makes me believe he is a racist. On one hand he can put on a happy face and greet all the black people as they use their hard earned money to buy pizza from his shop, while on the other hand he turns into a bigot, hating most black people and talking behind their back while they are not around. So, if Sal is a racist then why did he build a pizza shop around people he dislikes?  Contrarily, Sal and Mookie seem to have some kind of father-son bond. Also, Sal has some sort of infatuation with Mookie’s sister, Jade. When she stepped into the shop, Sal practically begged her to try his special slices of pizza and he even stopped what he was doing just to sit with her. Taking all of this into account, I still don’t understand why his shop is located in the Bedstuy-Stuyvesant area, when he clearly has no love for the people that are native there. I assume he’s making good money from them since his shop has been open for a while and has not run into any problems.

Baldwin began writing his letter, showing much emphasis on how hard it was for him to write it. I can only imagine how hard it really was to write a powerful letter like that. I read a comment from the article saying that all Black parents should write a letter like this. As much as I hate to admit, I also feel that it’s true. I don’t think it should be just Black parents, I believe every family of color should do it.  With what is going on right now in the world, people of color have had it rough for too long. It sucks that they even have to write a letter like this. The letter was written over 50 years ago and it’s still relevant today. Reading a letter like this really shows how messed up the world is. Other than the negatives of the letter, the positives were so beautifully put together. It makes whoever has read the letter proud of the heritage they are a part of. It also shows how far African Americans have come to get the freedom they really deserve. After reading the letter, I got a sense of hope that one day all people will be treated equally and that racism will just be a thing of the past.

I’ve never been a fan of K-Pop, it’s too festive for my music taste and every song sounds the same. Even all their music videos look the same. Some of my friends are die-hard friends for K-Pop and it’s literally all they talk about. So, I assume that’s how most of their fan base are. After watching the video, I must say that my perspective on K-Pop changed. I didn’t know the reason they all looked the same was because they were censored and told what to do, they were basically puppets. They had to do whatever they were told so they can make their respective companies as much money as they can. I remember one of my friends, who is a very big fan of K-Pop, told me how the celebrities would have surgery to structure their faces to have those sharp features, like a jawline. I read one comment from the video where it said that a girl had to lose 15 pounds in one week or else she couldn’t debut. It also said how she would only eat ice cubes and be afraid to go to sleep cause she thought she wouldn’t wake up. I didn’t know they had to go through such extreme lengths just to become famous. It’s sad that they have no say, but I hope to see the K-Pop industry progress in the near future.