Analysis of race/caste in context of "Get Out"

 

The movie 'Get Out' shows a different perspective of racism. In the movie, it is shown how the rich white family wanted to use the black man as something in human possession, like the man has no free will. The white family in the movie thinks that they are superior in possession, the blacks as a race are strong and has a good physical strength compared to the whites. And so, the family wanted to possess the body of the blacks and use it as their own body, which is shown in the movie, it is shown that they auction for the black man and transfer their brain in the body of the black person without their will for it. The girl who belongs to the rich white family lures the black person to their house by having a deep connection with them or makes them feel so and then they are introduced to the whole family. When he black guy finally realizes something is not right, he finally tries to escape but is caught. When being held captive, he finds out the truth about the family, that is the dad being a neurosurgeon replaces the captive's brain with the one who can pay him the highest amount within their family for that particular person. The movie portrays how rich people wants to own whatever they want and the one in minority or lower status cannot do much about it, for example the blacks are kind of a minority compared to the whites in America, and they are stereotyped to be the bad guys from the white people's perspective and can make the whole nation turn against them while the whites might be the actual villains. This shows how stereotypes can make a person suspicious of a person of that particular group instead of looking from a logical point of view, where the other person might be on the wrong. In a scene from the movie, when the main couple is going to girl's parental house they are involved in an accident where the car gets hit by a creature likely to be a deer ( according to the movie), when the police arrives they enquire the man who is black to show his ID even though the one driving was the white lady; this scene shows how  one might be punished or given the blame because of his/ her social position or race. In the society, groups based on culture or religion are given different status based on certain aspects such as looks, minority or any other qualities. Get Out portrays the racism in a different way; the whites are shown as the bad guys as they believe that they have better intellect than the blacks and the blacks have a better physical body and so they try to possess the black body with their so called "genius" brain and have a perfect human body in possession. The idea of being perfect can also cause societal hate and slowly the idea turns into stereotypes that people of certain caste or group are "bad people" or "good people"; that they are good at certain aspects and bad other aspects; likes or dislikes certain stuff, etc. It is not easy to make everyone believe that racism or caste discrimination is not certainly the best way to treat someone with lower caste or status, as not everyone will agree to it and it is difficult to change a belief that is being followed since a long time. However, it is possible to teach the young ones to not repeat what the old has done for a long time.