Monday, April 25, 2011

Cat in the Hat Video Response `Ice Pick`

After wathcing this video clip, the first thing that comes to mind is rascism. Back in the 20th century, whites (sneetches with stars) considered themselves better than the blacks (sneetches with no stars). And just like the video, the whites excluded the blacks from freedom. The clip also reminds me of social statuses. If someone is not considered to be physically attractive or "popular" kids tend to try to ignore or avoid them. This usually happens for the same reason as the sneetches, one group thinks they are better than the other. The video relates to the Wille McGee and Scottsboro Boys in that it involves unfair judgement. In the two trials listed above, the blacks were judged immediately by the whites. But by then end of the cases, the whites realized they were not so different after all and started to believe them. The exact same thing happened in the Sneetches video, one type of thing believes it is better than the other, then they both realize they are all the same on the inside.

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