Orange is the New Black is the TV show (drama) which I have selected for this assignment. This is a drama series which was first time aired on 11 July 2013 by online streaming service Netflix. There are five seasons and 65 episodes of this drama series. This drama series is created by Jenji Kohan. This is one of the most important drama series that represents the issue of racism, oppression and classism. The role played by all characters in a perfect way make this drama series most interesting and reliable to understand the issues of racism, classism and oppression in real meanings. Strong theme and perfect storyline of this drama series is also an important feature which also attract the audience who is interested to understand the issues of racism, classism and oppression from the roots of our societies. …show more content…
The offense by Chapman was occurred 10 years prior to the start of the series, so that are many episodes in flashback describing the life events of Chapman. These life experiences are about racism, oppression and classism faced by Chapman and her family. This drama series also represents the many events of racism and classism faced by Chapman and other characters in prison such as racial treatments of black women by white guards and no cooperation between female prisoners belonging to different races. The series also represents the social problems of corruption, guard brutality in prisons, overcrowding and drug
Kerman did touch base with a few injustices there are, minimum sentences on drug related cases regardless of a person’s involvement, the unfair sentencing of inmates (an inmate received six months for having six keys of coke in her car), prison staff harassing the inmates, slow processing, and neglect of health and safety conditions. However, Kerman illustrated her visit overall as a walk in the park—in my opinion at least. It almost seemed like the pros in the prison outweighed the cons for Piper Kerman. She had several positive experiences that she was able to take away from prison, and got to help a lot of the inmates. She had friends, had freedoms to watch movies, use microwaves, go to the gym, read and write as she pleased, and even had a birthday party.
One specific point, was the behaviour of some of the Correctional Officer’s that were responding to Ashley Smith’s cell. There was incident showed on the fifth estate that stated there was a Correctional Officer outside of Ashley Smith’s cell that was banging and kicking the door yelling “Are you dead yet?”. This Correctional Officer was watching what Ashley was doing in her cell but never took it upon himself to call for back up and enter the cell to stop what was going on. In result, this was an ongoing occurrence for Ashley to actively act out, and I can notice as to why Officer’s were getting agitated by this but the behaviour that went on from an Officer is not appropriate.
The False Accusation of an innocent man Leroy Orange puts him onto Death Row. Leroy Orange and his half brother Leonard Kidd were accused for the murder of 4 people, who I will go into more depth later. From a corrupt cops torture Orange to the verge of death. Leroy Orange was accused of Charges of murders, concealment of homicidal death and aggravated arson.
In her book, The New Jim Crow Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, Michelle Alexander who was a civil rights lawyer and legal scholar, reveals many of America’s harsh truths regarding race within the criminal justice system. Though the Jim Crow laws have long been abolished, a new form has surfaced, a contemporary system of racial control through mass incarceration. In this book, mass incarceration not only refers to the criminal justice system, but also a bigger picture, which controls criminals both in and out of prison through laws, rules, policies and customs. The New Jim Crow that Alexander speaks of has redesigned the racial caste system, by putting millions of mainly blacks, as well as Hispanics and some whites, behind bars
The film is about socialization for boys, and the movie is in arrangement with deeply reasoning and persuasiveness. It does also a good job of capturing when the problems are not in the rails. For example: the professional noted that a little boy is so excited to make friend with other people around while a sixth-grade boy is gradually stop talking, participation, and become quiet. The main problem of the movie is analyzed through the aspects of experts’ future discussions which are not really clear about how masculinity over to the race and the class.
This chapter focuses on the depiction of prejudice, oppression and brutality in the novel under study. By analyzing the content of Black Boy we come to know about the different types of hardships and discrimination as experienced by the Richard Wright. 3.1 POVERTY AND HUNGER The text throws light on the neediness and the starvation as experienced by the black characters that are monetarily disempowered by the afflictions of racial segregation. The black population is deprived the right for equivalent work prospects.
Although slavery ended over 150 years ago, the director wants to give the audience the idea of how prison system links to slavery. Another positive thought is that they take in consideration social class on this social problem. They talked about corporations such as the CCA, which benefits from the prisoner’s punishment. For example, the SB1070 in Arizona which gave the right to the police to stop anyone and ask their status in the country. In addition, it is also mentioned that the corporation ALEC has a financial interest.
For example, Davidge tries to assault Jerry even though he did help him, slurring at him in many dialogues, and mistreating him as if he was someone who has done terrible things. The film depicts how White Americans mistreat African Americans based on their color. It’s historically accurate how slaves were treated even after slavery they still have to face such circumstances. The dracs were forced to work in poor working conditions as humans felt no empathy towards them as they were completely different from them. In summary, the dracs that were mistreated in the story base on their kind is the representation of people of color as they were being treated differently because of their
2. Literature review Orange Is the New Black sets upon women in prison and centres on the flashbacks and experiences exposing their lives. The television series features issues for example sexuality, race, ethnicity. It centres on the life and experiences of the main character: Piper Chapman and the women she is familiarised with while within carceral spaces. The literature that I have used helps to explain the background to my research question.
Tiara Magda Amela, Widyastuti (2014) conducted a research on critical discourse analysis of racism in Django Unchained Movie. Aim of the study was to reveal the way through which the white people as dominant group show their racism and to reveal the way through which powerful or dominant group control the society. Data was taken from “Django Unchained” movie. “Django Unchained” movie contains elements of racism which is done by white people as dominant group. Thus, their data focuses on the utterances of dominant group as exerciser of racism.
Black women are treated less than because of their ascribed traits, their gender and race, and are often dehumanized and belittled throughout the movie. They are treated like slaves and are seen as easily disposable. There are several moments throughout the film that show the racial, gender, and class inequalities. These moments also show exploitation and opportunity hoarding. The Help also explains historical context of the inequality that occurred during that time period.
Do many people write about racial inequality and how it is still a problem? Amin Ahmad did; he wrote about a specific example of when it happened to him. In his story "I Belong Here", he wrote about how he felt when he experienced it and how he feels when he sees racial inequality. Ahmad shows us his experience as an immigrant trying to enter a new country. The purpose of this essay is to analyze “I Belong Here”, by looking at when the story was written, why Ahmad wrote the story, and if the story makes an effective argument with the problem of racial inequality.
As she delves deeper into the case, she discovers that the police may have wrongfully accused someone of the crime. This wrongful accusation is an example of how society can hurt an individual. It's not just about the injustice of a wrongful conviction; it's about the ripple effects that it can have on a person's life. For instance, the person who was wrongfully accused in "A Good Girl's Guide to Murder" was ostracized by the community. People who had once been his friends stopped talking to him, and he was treated like an outcast.
Title Page: Name, Date, Professor, Assignment Name (Final Paper) Abstract: 150- 250 words paragraph explaining how I am going to connect rational choice theory and the Orange is the New Black Introduction: 3-4 sentences summarizing Orange is the New Black, 3-4 sentences summarizing rational choice theory, 1-2 sentence thesis Body Paragraph One: 1 page in total, background on the one instance from Orange is the New Black, one instance from Orange is the New Black where Piper exhibits rational choice theory, analysis on that one instance, background on the comparing part where rational choice theory occurs in “Rational Choice and Responsibilisation in Youth Justice in Scotland: Whose Evidence Matters in Evidence-Based Policy,” quote from that
The movie clearly exposes the many ways that the human dignity of African- American maids was ignored. They had suffered daily embarrassment but were able to claim their own way dignity. The film described about empowerment of individuals as well as about social justice for a group. It is a moving story depicting dehumanization in a racist culture but also the ability to move beyond the unjust structures of society and to declare the value of every human being.