East.Side.Back.Street

Yesterday i met my og for a movie. The film was not not advertised widely and no one knew what quite it was till only after the show. when we entered the theatre, you could still hear people asking what the movie was about. Very low profile indeed. In my opinion. it was a slow, disturbing and provocative movie about racism in the States. the acts of racism depicted in the show were exaggerated but no doubt racism still lingers around us. It spoke of a 2 white cops, a black detective, a persian household, a black director refusing to accept his skin colour and a maybe south american family whose lives were intertwined, having met one way or another. There was this particular scene that had me agitated.. you see the white cops were on patrol looking for this missing vehicle and they decided to pull over a similar looking vehicle driven by the black director and his wife. they were distinguished looking and soon it became apparent that the white cop was actually racist who wanted to vent his frustration on the blacks. in what that follwed up was the scene that had me irked. while checking the couple for possession of any fire power, the cop molested the lady. her husband was helpless.
RACISM STINKS. In the film, i realised that bad people are not always that bad. It's all about your actions and conduct. One wrong move and you are branded a sinner. No matter how much good you have done, it's still not going to change how people feel about you. you can never right the wrong. So it's important that we constantly check on ourselves. Never do anything that will inflict harm because the damages affect more than just the person. And friends come from all colours and cultures. It's what comes from inside that brings people together. prejudices should be set aside. Let the heart see and not the eyes.
After the movie we headed to ntu to look for the guys. to pay them a visit and to have dinner. they are fine and seemingly lam knows how to take care of himself. the guy's got an aircon man. we sat around talking the usual unimportant stuff and helped xin transport his fridge and stuff back to his room. when we said our goodbyes. what followed up was a 1hr15min arduous journey back home and that marked the end of my day.

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