Mississippi Burning

Q1.) Do you like the movie? Why or why not?
Q2.) Reflect on the phrase, 'Anyone is guilty who watches this and does nothing'. What have you done when you have seen people being discriminated against? What more can you do the next time you witness discrimination taking place?

Personally, I do not like the movie here as it depicts a REALLY NEGATIVE side of prejudice, and this concentrates on the consequences of prejudice, in this case here would be lynching. However, there are some good points about this story which indicates to us the suffering people endured in the past and also the slow progression from minor prejudice to a high-level prejudice. Besides, this is an EXTREMELY violent movie in some parts of it, which really depicts the type and severity of the suffering people endured in the past.

Next, towards myself, I am one that “watches this and does nothing”. But why do I have this kind of reaction? One, I have not ever seen “real-life lynching” in my life, discrimination cases in my surroundings are really minor, although some are violent, they are just some punches compared to the hanging of people on trees in Mississippi Burning. Thus, to avoid getting into trouble, I just “watch and do nothing”. In my surroundings, discrimination cases are minor, some just glare at each other, some don’t talk to each other. So, when will I stand up for justice? My stand is that when the level of the consequences of prejudice starts to get violent, maybe I will step in because these are signs of serious hatred amongst the people. Thus, when I see discrimination, one definitely is to stop the incident, afterwards, it depends on the target audience I would be dealing with. Students, I could send him to the school counselor, adults, I would try to stay out of matters at my age.