Economics (ID)

My class has finally finish watching the movie "Bamboozled" made by Spike Lee. This is the first time I ever watched this movie, and the movie has left me breathless because it discusses how the media makes money out of us. Even though the media makes money through the usage of trends that minorities set, which can be offensive at times, we don't say anything about it. Instead, we go with the flow and do not go against what society expect minorities to do. The movie shows how the audience supported the T.V. show that Pierre Delacroix created, which was an offensive show to black people because they had racial comments and most importantly characters in black faces. We allow the media to hoodwinked or bamboozled us with advertisement that shows that we the minorities are not made to be successful. Not only does this movie show how media makes money, it also shows how people are willing to do anything for money even if it means disrespecting their own race. At the end of the movie, Pierre Delacroix quoted James Baldwin when he died. The quote was "People pay for what they do, and still more for what they have allowed themselves to become, and they pay for it, very simply, by the lives they lead." Delacroix created a monster and became a monster and that is the reason why he shot himself. This movie revealed life lessons that we should all hold onto and learn from.