Beyond Hate-Heart Of Hatred Video Analysis
Regardless of how one believes the Earth was created and how humans came into existence, it is an indubitable fact that from the inception of time to the present day, Humans have never seen a world without hate. From the Salem Witch Trials in the early 1690s , to the attempt of ridding the world of non-Aryan people during the Holocaust, to the attack on a Black, southern church in 2015 by a white supremacist, Hate is an extremely prevalent emotion that has shaped our personal and public lives all over the world. In the video Beyond Hate--Heart of Hatred, released by the Elie Wiesel Foundation, hate that has caused different events throughout history and how they made people feel were discussed.
The video was filmed in the 1990s, and even though that seems quite recent, two decades has brought many new acts of hatred that have …show more content…
We see that hate throughout the earth's history is just as abrasive now as it was back in the beginning. The phrase ‘history repeats itself’ used to seem true to me, until I realized that that the rough instances of hate never went away, they were just buried deep within our culture. Away from the surface of the news but embedded in our culture. I began to wonder if progress is even possible. It is already quite certain that we will never live in a world without oppression. There is too much glory in power for that to happen. However, I would like to live in a world where most of us can view each other as equals, regardless if we notice outward differences. It’s hard to believe that will legitimately occur after viewing films like the one we saw in class. It doesn’t matter if it has been 1000 years or just twenty years, people are still struggling to survive as a consequence of hate. The optimist in me hopes that my kin will be able to experience just a little sliver of what that is like somewhere in their
The video was filmed in the 1990s, and even though that seems quite recent, two decades has brought many new acts of hatred that have …show more content…
We see that hate throughout the earth's history is just as abrasive now as it was back in the beginning. The phrase ‘history repeats itself’ used to seem true to me, until I realized that that the rough instances of hate never went away, they were just buried deep within our culture. Away from the surface of the news but embedded in our culture. I began to wonder if progress is even possible. It is already quite certain that we will never live in a world without oppression. There is too much glory in power for that to happen. However, I would like to live in a world where most of us can view each other as equals, regardless if we notice outward differences. It’s hard to believe that will legitimately occur after viewing films like the one we saw in class. It doesn’t matter if it has been 1000 years or just twenty years, people are still struggling to survive as a consequence of hate. The optimist in me hopes that my kin will be able to experience just a little sliver of what that is like somewhere in their