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Societies' opinions on race and gender can lead to unequal potential and capability. The reason why society feels that way is that they are taught to believe some genders are not as important as others and those genders may only have certain jobs. Societies have certain opinions on people of color because they believe that they are unneeded and treat them as unwelcomed when in reality they are the same as the rest of society. Hilary Jordan's book Mudbound and Sidney Lumet's film 12 Angry Men both explore how certain races in societies are “different” and “undesirable”. The Disney film Mulan and Hillary Jordan's book Mudbound both talk about society's gender roles being unequal and certain genders belonging below others. In all three sources, …show more content…

Ronsel lives in a society where black people are shown as unwelcome and Pappy (the old white guy) always makes sure Ronsel feels extremely uncomfortable. Pappy hates everyone that is not white and Ronaldo is one of his biggest targets. As Ronsel tries to leave and go home from the front door of the bar, he is stopped by the whites and instead, Ronel should “go out back where (he) belongs.” (140). This shows how Ronsel has an unfair life in society. Although Ronsel just tried to leave through the front, conflict soon arrived because the white men thought it was not fair that a black and a white person should be allowed through the front door. Ronsel is not even allowed to speak to certain people because his “kind” is shown as scary and obscene. In the Film 12 Angry Men, 12 jurors are put into a room to try and solve a murder case. In this case, there is only one juror that is an immigrant (juror 11) and he was treated worse than all the other jurors. In this film, juror 7 got into an argument with juror 11 on why he should be guilty instead of not guilty. Juror 11 is shown as “dumb” only because of his (Hispanic) …show more content…

The song also implies that if the men in the camp were seen as delicate then the leaders would tell them they were “daughters' instead of real men. In the Film, women are seen as gentle and can never be tough or stand up for themselves. In Mulan certain men are too kind-hearted and all women are breakable and always need a man in their life to be seen or shown as tough. In the text Mudbound, women are always shown as beneath men and shall always take orders from the men. Florence, a colored woman has been through it all because Pappy treats her like a dog. But unfortunately, Florence must always take orders from the men even if it's only to “ run out to the pump and fetch me (pappy) some water” This quote explains how the women in the story can have an uneven balance of power. Laura (a white woman) must also take orders from Pappy, whether it's to cook him a full course meal or to wash all of his dirty laundry that he “needs” by the next day. Pappy thinks all women (colored or not) shall obey men and kiss their hands. When society has certain ideas about how men and women should act, it can lead to some people having more control and power than others, which isn't

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