Life in the hood-Straight Outta Compton

Straight Outta Compton is a film that takes place in southern Los Angeles also known as the “hood”.  This film shows what it’s like for African Americans to pursue a dream while dealing with racial segregation, gang violence and rejection.  Straight Outta Compton shows a lot of violence and racial segregation, it tells the appealing story on how South Los Angeles group N.W.A revolutionized pop culture and explains what living in the hood is really like. I really enjoyed this film for multiple reasons.  The film dug deep into the topics of racial segregation, money, pop-culture and living with violence.  The film made me realize how African Americans have many obstacles in pursuing a career due to racial segregation from authorities and society. I think this film could be a good lesson to people as well to overcome the bad in life and make it into something positive or the result will not be good. Violence was a big part of the movie and was used as a way to get what you want.  The rap group N.W.A pushed their limits as a way to make a point that they are not getting treated fairly by police authorities and performed the song “F*** the police”.  The result from the performance ended up being a riot.  Although this song promoted violence towards police, because of their race they were punished.  Multiple times throughout the movie African Americans were randomly beat up by police authorities. The way these people were raised reflected their behavior.  The lyrics the group N.W.A comes up with reflect their life and experiences.  It made me realize how hard it is for some people to distinguish the good and bad in life from how they are raised.  Drugs were also a big factor in the movie. I think that alcohol and drugs promoted some of the behavior towards one another in the movie.

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