Difficulty and Misunderstanding in the Blind Side

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Difficulty and Misunderstanding in the Blind Side

Culture is an aspect that has continually gained traction between different societal stakeholders. People from diverse communities have different perceptions and perspectives about how to live; they even go to the extent of defining how a 'perfect' community member to should like. Unfortunately, according to Thomas, Liu, and Umberson (2017), these are expectation that many community members do not meet. The existence of the gap between how people in a community should look like, behave, talk, and even participate in the general social affair, creates one major social issue that the whole world deals with in one way or another. Different avenues of communicating and portraying this problem, such as movies, printed books, class lessons, as well as the current increase in the use of social media, have not successful sensitized the community. This inefficiency leaves misunderstanding and lack of peaceful coexistent. Taking an example of the current uproar in the United States, it is clear that much has to be done to bridge the racial gap among people of different origins. This report aims to portray difficulties and misunderstanding among culturally diverse people in Blind Side film.

The film, Blind Side, directed by Hancock John, was based on a book written in 2006, highlighting the plight of a young boy, who apparently turned to be very good at football. Michael Oher, used in the file as (Quinton Aaron), was a disturbed young boy, hailing from a black community and had lived several years as a homeless kid. Due to the lack of a stable family structure, Michael Oher was on and off, as far as the matter of academics were concerned. One Caucasian family Then Leigh Anne Tuohy, playing the role of (Sandra Bullock), decided to take the teenage and assist with the education challenges that he was facing. The guardians later sought for legal custody of the child. It was through the support of the foster parents that Michael achieved his potential as a learner and a footballer (Hancock et al., 2009).

The first challenge that arises when characters are trying to bridge cultural differences is the notion that only white people are 'saviours.' The setting of move carries a lot of weight of the wealthy black families living with the vicinity of where the boy was taken and adopted into the white family. The main question remains, ‘can’t the black community save their own?’ According to the American Psychological Association, white supremacy is a concept that has been on the play for decades. They perceive as the saviours of the world without highlighting much of what the black community can do on its own. The setting of the film and the interaction of the characters prove that the adoption of Michael by his guardian, ‘Sandra Bullock' is an indication that they were perceived as the most suitable candidate by...