Why The Jets Are Marginalized
In west side story the Puerto Ricans are highly discriminated against. This movie takes place in Manhattan around the 1950’s when the only acceptable way to live was as a middle class white man. Everyone else was marginalized. In the 21st century many African American teenage boys are still discriminated, many people think they are scary or bad people. No matter what happens many ethnic groups will always be marginalized because we don't trust them even though we should. Its an individual person's opinion about a person and how they treat them and if everyone thinks they are bad then they will never the chance to succeed like everyone else. In the movie the shop that the Puerto Rican woman work in, no other white woman works there except the owner and that's because they are hated for no reason. It's been over 60 years since this movie came out, so why are people still being marginalized? It's not fair to them. In west side story the sharks and the jets are marginalized for different reasons. The police officer dislikes both groups because of who they are. The battle between the two groups leads to the death of 3 people.
The jets are marginalized because they are poor . This results in them acting the way they do, as in fighting over their “turf.” When the Puerto Ricans come to America they are a threat to the jets, they fear for losing their turf. During the dance the jets and sharks set a place and time so they can discuss a fight they will have over who gets …show more content…
The police officer dislike both groups because they are young boys who are poor. The sharks are Puerto Rican and no one likes them, they can't get good jobs or good homes so their lives are harder. This causes the boys to always be fighting . We are still treating different ethnic groups this way, with disrespect so they act out in violence. Which then causes everyone else to see everyone like them as bad or horrible
The jets are marginalized because they are poor . This results in them acting the way they do, as in fighting over their “turf.” When the Puerto Ricans come to America they are a threat to the jets, they fear for losing their turf. During the dance the jets and sharks set a place and time so they can discuss a fight they will have over who gets …show more content…
The police officer dislike both groups because they are young boys who are poor. The sharks are Puerto Rican and no one likes them, they can't get good jobs or good homes so their lives are harder. This causes the boys to always be fighting . We are still treating different ethnic groups this way, with disrespect so they act out in violence. Which then causes everyone else to see everyone like them as bad or horrible