Am I Racist? is the title of a strong documentary film dealing with race and racism in the modern world. The film poses that as part of society each person is biased, and how each of the respondents overcame their biases or shaped their own perception of race in relation to their race, their background and their circuit.
Plot Overview
The audience gets a chance to see ordinary people, who have very courageous and often surprising conversations about race. It motivates and encourages various social experiments to address the issues of racism, or discrimination and highlight those in everyday life. Hence through the active participation of the subjects in the different experiments, the film informs and educates the audience.
Key Themes
- Self Reflection: The film gently but firmly asks the audience to address their own prejudices and interrogate the way they perceive the world, more so the races of people that live in it.
- Education and Awareness: The aim is to enlighten the public on the deep seated nature of racism in communities and how much of a burden it is to individuals.
- Dialogue and Understanding: Discussing various stories that have western societal fabric as context, the viewer witnesses how the interplay of variety of race stories can help erase racist notions of people.
Critical Reception
The critiques and evaluations done on the film praise its presentation which inspires the audience to think and talk about racism. Both viewers and critics salute its effort in depicting a delicate issue in an engaging way through real life accounts and a hands-on approach.