Fruitvale Station Racism

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Fruitvale Station presented one issue that exclusively pertains to racism, and the other can be perceived as such. The first being Oscar wanted to assist Katie while in the store, initially she quickly inspected him and stepped away from him. I believe in her mind, he posed a threat to her. Oscar, in turn, suggests her friend is black due to the fact he likes "southern style" food, this is stereotypical and not racist, and he does the opposite of her initial perception and helps her out by allowing her to speak to his grandmother. The other issue was racism by the police officers after Oscar and his friends were stereotyped. Fruitvale station was a true story of Oscar and the Bay Area Transit Authority, that happened in 2009. Excessive force …show more content…
While reading Rios’s argument the character Oscar came to mind, the point of the movie when Oscar lost his temper when begging for his previous job, also when the transit cop disrespected him. Nevertheless, Oscar calmed down and selected the high road, and reason with the officers. While reading “Stealing a bag of potato chips and other crimes of resistance by Victor M. Rios”, this passage jump out at me when watching Fruitvale Station. “Many of the young men self-consciously “acted stupid” as a strategy to discredit the significance of a system which had excluded and punished them. These deviant politics garnered attention from the youth control complex, frustrating its agents: the police, school personnel, and others. This frustration led to more punishment, which led to a deeper crisis of control in the community.” I partially agree with “self-consciously” in the case of Oscar Grant from Fruitvale station. However, I don’t believe his “self-conscious” state existed when the cops attacked and when he spoke with Emi his old boss. For a moment his emotions replaced his “self-conscious”, therefore, I agree with Victor Rios to a
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