Feelings over the Movie

Based on what I have seen so far throughout the movie I can tell there was a lot of confusion over just about everything. First off, there is confusion about individual’s identities. There are people who are supposed to be the most devoted of their kind subconsciously showing doubt about their culture. For example, the Jewish woman who is talking about the radio is supposed to be extremely devoted to her religion, but she doesn’t know the simple rules of a holiday that she celebrates every year, possibly multiple times a year. There is a sense of confusion given off in Al Sharptons section as well. He seems very adamant about saying the reason he has his hair straight was because of James Brown, but while listening to him talk about it, his reasoning didn’t seem very convincing. Mainly, there is confusion going on about the actual riot and the events surrounding the riot as well. Both groups gave different sides of the story, with different details, and different people to blame. The African Americans who spoke about the accident were angry at the Jew because he was apparently drunk. The rabbi was angry that there was no attention given to the Jewish man who was stabbed. Every time someone begins to talk about the incident, the story seems to change, which makes it even more confusing. As of right now, I don’t know who to feel worse for. I am tempted to say the Jewish people because accidents do happen, and that does not mean that there is a need for violence, but at the same point I don’t think it is right that the little kids didn’t get treatment before someone who was basically fine. In any case, this did not call for violence of this nature at all. If there were going to be a riot after every traffic accident, the world would be in absolute mayhem.