Wednesday, February 25, 2015

So in Mr. Washington class we are watching  a movie called Higher Learning, and it deals with a lot of different things such as racism, security on campus, and rape on a college campus. The movie is really interesting because the main character Malik starts to realize that the world is ruled by white people and that the system is designed to keep black people down. One scene that was really sad was one one of the freshmen girl I forgot her name her name got raped. She was at some party with her friends and she was drinking, so there was this boy and they want to some room and started kissing and whatever. Then they were about to have sex and the girl was telling the boy to go get a condom and the boy didn't  want to. So the boy got on top of her and started riding her and she was screaming and crying for him to get off but he kept going. Another part that was interesting was when a group of white girls were walking to a party and they were talking about their roommates and one of the girls said that her roommate was Mexican and she probably got into the school through a scholarship. The movies shows the reality that happens on a college campus. There will be racism it might not always be directly in your face but it does happen in college. Also day rape is another issue in college because some colleges don't really handle the situation good and leave most girls feeling like they did something wrong. All in all the movie is good and everyone should watch it.

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  1. Another thing I found very interesting about that rape scene is the fact that the boy wasn't really trying to be a bad person. He was drunk too, and he didn't intend to become a rapist. We as a culture need to be better at helping boys make decisions that are respectful when it comes to sex.

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  2. I really enjoyed the movie too and it did open my eyes to things that i didnt think were really happening on campuses

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