Wednesday, November 18, 2009
RIOT!
There are always 3 versions to every story. There is person A's side, there is person b's side, and then there is what really happened. So far in the movie, we have seen what happened through the eyes of a jew and of a black. We are still missing what really happened. This is causing a lot of confusion because I do not know which group of people I should side with. I feel sympathy for the African Americans because from what they saw, the jewish man was completely at fault. Without any hesitation, the jewish man was rushed to the hospital before the black boy who had just been hit by a moving vehicle. That does not seem right to me at all. From the jewish standpoint, their reasoning for taking the jewish man away first was because he was getting beaten by the blacks and they worried that more violence would occur if he stayed. I sympathize with this as well because the jewish man claims that he was part of a procession and that the collision was a complete mishap. Then, when he gets out of the car, he gets jumped by an angry mob. Honestly, I don't know who to believe, but I know there is merit in both sides. It's just a matter of weeding out the inconsistencies and paying attention to the facts. For example, the part about the jewish man having been drunk during the time of the accident was proven false upon arriving at the hospital where a blood alcohol test was administered. Overall, this event was both surprising and confusing because everyone saw the same thing and yet each person held different accounts.
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