In this episode of Black Mirror, a
young black woman named Victoria attempts to regain consciousness of her
identity after failing at what she believed was an attempt of suicide. Mentally
dismantles, and physically injured, she went around, searching for help from
individuals and noticed people recording her on their smartphones without
engaging to actually assist her. She noticed a recurring signal on a television
that appeared everywhere she went, including on the apparel of people who
threatened her life. Oblivious to the meaning, she vigorously ran from the alleged
slaughterers who sported the signal only in a mental attempt to frighten her.
The end of the show revealed a plot twist where Victoria was actually a suspect
in the murder of a 6-year old girl and everyone who tortured her was a part of
an act to showcase her fear.
This episode emphasized a very
common, problematic social issue in present-day society which is the exposure
of criminalizing African Americans with too much media involvement which causes
interpersonal, mental turmoil and intergroup corruption. The order of events of
this particular episode depicts a very evident problem within the media and
viewers’ interpretations based on cultural influence. The race card is played
fairly obvious due to the fact that there is an oppressed black woman who is
unaware of the corruption but is forced to live in a society where her
oppressors are in complete control and those who claim to help her are a part
of the act.
I see your point Britney, but I don't think that the producers were thinking oh lets use an African American woman to show Black Injustice.
ReplyDeleteI think this would be more of an issue if a double standard was presented. Respectfully speaking I disagree with this point. In the episode they mentioned that the other guy involved, the actual murderer, committed suicide to avoid the same fate. Had they either A) showed a woman who was not of color in the same situation getting off, or shown the actual murderer with a lighter sentence, I would agree with you.
ReplyDeleteI'm not quite sure if I understand your theory. Could you please elaborate more because from my understanding or interpretation of the film,I can see very small connections to what you are saying however I feel as though the grounds or evidence to support this claim are quite small. For instance when you say "intergroup corruption" I find it really hard to relate this to the story.
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