Essays on Interracial Relationships

Shot in the 1970’s, Ali: Fear Eats the Soul and The Marriage of Maria Braun by the same director, the films reflect on the intercultural and interracial relationships and the society’s reaction to the phenomenon. Rainer Werner Fassbinder makes his audience face the uncomfortable dilemma and choose the side to support. Though the contemporary audience may not find anything bizarre in the storylines offered by the director, it is important to remember that the film were shot in the 70’s, and their audience was basically the society Fassbinder reflected in his movies. From the perspective of ...

(Name of your Institution) The US has a diverse population, with people from across the world studying and working in every state of the nation. This cultural diversity has led to the creation of minorities and there are several challenges that emerge in terms of interracial interactions. The synergy and cooperation between different cultures within the grand American culture is critical for the progress of the nation and the welfare of its people, regardless of their race, culture and ethnicity. In the course of my studies I have gathered substantial information to corroborate my belief that diversity in ...

A relationship can be defined as a connection between two people, either through blood, kinship, marriage or by sexual involvement. In this paper, the relationships discussed are those of a romantic or sexual nature. As the world becomes a global village, the differences among people have blurred away, and similarities have become a bonding factor. For this reason, relationships have sprouted between people of different races, ethnic groups and cultures; there are referred to as interracial relationships. In the past, the word interracial meant people with different skin color living in the same country. It also meant people with different cultures and ...

Human beings interact with one another in various situations and social settings resulting to certain relationships. The growth in population of minority groups, coupled with earlier mixing of different races in work and employment places, schools, and other social places and institutions has led to increased interaction among races. This has extended to intimate levels of relations and marriages. There has been an increase in the number of interracial couples throughout time. This is a positive sign of the breaking of racial stereotypes, discrimination and barriers, which is likely to yield to high, race relations especially in United States. The ...

In the 1970s and 1980s, even up to the early 1990s, African American film was experiencing a renaissance. In this time, following the Civil Rights Movement, African-American youth needed new heroes to follow, navigating this post-segregation period of lingering prejudice and the pressure for black Americans to "make good" on their chance to make something of themselves. The pressures of the inner city and gang and drug influences profoundly impacted the black community, and raised racial tensions even further between blacks and whites. However, throughout the years, these pressures were explored in black films of that era, presenting heroes for ...

Interracial Relationships and Their Attitudes

In the 1991 Spike Lee film Jungle Fever, Flipper Purify (Wesley Snipes) starts an affair with an Italian-American named Angie Tucci (Annabella Sciorra), and both encounter significant resistance from both sides of their family. In many ways, the basic plot is similar, if a bit seedier, than the 1967 Stanley Kramer drama Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, starring Sidney Poitier and Katherine Houghton as an interracial couple who focus on winning over her distrustful white parents. While both films deal with the complications of two people of different races starting a relationship, the outcomes and themes of the films are quite ...