What Is The American Son Code Of Ethics

Ashlee Pitt

ENGL 1010

March 10, 2023

The film American Son focused on the race and culture differences between black and white people, the ethical practices, and the difference between being a man and being a woman. Kendra was a black woman who is missing her black son. She went to the police station and there met Officer Larkin, who was very discriminating. The conflicts between the two was made up of assumptions. The pressure of racial and cultural differences in the movie American Son brings up the difference of ethics and gender roles between black and white people. Kendra was very frustrated with the way Larkin treated her and the way he assumed things about her missing son because of his race. The racial

They are people as well, and some individuals do not understand that because they look different than the “normal” people. The racial and cultural differences, left out ethical practices, and gender roles in American Son creates a stereotypical ideology between black and white people. Those who stereotype black people usually say similar things, most of it dealing with violence or crime. “If he were in a car with two white kids, would you say the same thing?” (Leon, 2019). Kendra asked Larkin if her son had been pulled over with two white kids rather than two black kids, would the circumstances or punishment be different. Kendra sees that Larkin is putting a stereotype onto her son because he was pulled over while driving around with two other black kids. The evidence shows that Larkin was stereotyping Kendra and her son and has left out any ethical practices during the time that Kendra is trying to find her son. The differences in culture, left out ethical practices, and the fact that Kendra is a woman has all contributed to a stereotype of Kendra and her son. “Historical and contemporary views of economics, politics, and culture, informed by centuries of explicit and implicit racial bias, normalize the white experience.” (Hardeman et Al. p.2). What Hardeman is saying is that the historical and contemporary views of any different race other then the white race exhibits bias and

The movie really focused in on the pressures of racial and cultural differences and the difference of ethics and gender roles between black and white people. Kendra fought for her and her son’s rights against Officer Larkin, and he still thought about them the same way he did previously. It shows ignorance about African Americans and how words and actions can affect how a person