Besides
being used to satirize real-life issues and events,and to shed light on the
continuing existence of discrimination in American culture, what is the purpose of the film? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exnwTWfFRM8&ab_channel=AlexF.McKenzey What
you learned? Other relevant information or interesting observations
The
film is meant to create a safe space through which the existence of persistent
legacy of slavery can be discussed by both the blacks and white people. By
reversing the role of people like Abraham Lincoln, the viewer is forced to
question whether his abolitionist agenda against slavery was morally motivated
or politically driven (McKenzey). It is a film that calls for the unlearning of
the history of black slavery and for the learning of it for what it is; a tool
for control. It forces the viewers to confront the core of slavery and its
continued existence in America. It forces one to ask themselves, why does
slavery exist in a country where there are rights, and regulations put in place
to stop it. As such, it forces the black person to ask themselves if they have
let continued slavery to happen to them due to centuries of social programming.