… and I’m not talking about Science Fiction. We had a movie marathon this week related to one of Maria’s classes. I had an overload of racism, corruption, and violence. We began with Training Day starring Denzel Washington and Ethan Hawke. Next up was American History X with Edward Norton and Edward Furlong. Last we had Four Brothers led by Mark Wahlberg.
All of these films were set in places that I don’t want to believe exist, but I know that they do. Places where there are gun fights in broad daylight. Places were your life is in real jeopardy simply because of your skin color. Places where you can be ruined if you don’t sell yourself.
I don’t think I could survive in any of them.