4- The Michigan Daily - Weekend etc. - Thursday, September 16, 1993 Many qu powerful Walking through the metal detec- But ra tors to enter the theater was no big deal. acceptl And the long lines to buy tickets weren't Why w going to stop me either. My friends and crowd I were there to see "Menace II Society" wonde and we were going to see it. ater? estions left after But this powerful movie left me with a lot more than I bargained for. It's not thatI didn'texpect it to move me or make me think. I just didn't realizethatforthemonthsafterI saw the film, I would often think about the two hours I spent in that theater. Despite objections from my mom, I headed to the Southfield City, known for the shooting incidents which have previously occurred there, with no hesi- tation. I'm not intimidated by being the only white face and it would be silly to be scared. Andjustas Iexpected, there weren't any problems. Ijust had a whole lot of questions. Not questions about terminology or why the harsh situations depicted exist. I u were fI wered thecro of not Butits of the ever d just no He slightl colore thatdo change Hey, only three glas But i don' chan I'v Detroi summer movie ther, why did everyone seem to them were good). But this movie stirred the violence? Why was it funny'? a lot of feelings in me. This film is about vas I the only white person in the a cycle that doesn't seem to end. It's ed theater? Why wasn't this about a societal situation which very rful movie playing in every the- rarely has a happy ending. It's about issues which many people see as clear nderstand that parts of the film cut and obvious. inny; Ilaughed. Butwhenpeople My friend Mike, who happens to be ying in gruesomeways on screen, Black, felt the need to explain things to wd laughed. Maybeit was away me. And I didn't know if it was because thinking about the reality of it. he felt I didn't understand as a white eemedtometobeanacceptance person, but that was the impression I status quo. And I don'tbelievein got. At one point he turned to me and oing that. Why should we?'It's asked me if I was shocked yet. t good enough. Myanswerwasno.Iwasnotshocked y, I'm not naive. And I'm only by the plot of the movie. I know how y idealistic. I threw out my rose real the story is. However, I was shocked d glasses a long time ago. But by my friends impression that some- esn'tmean I don't want things to how I wouldn't understand. e. Does being white make me inca- pable of being sensitive to the harsh I'm not naive. And I'm racialreality in thiscountry?AmIsome- slightly idealistic. I how unable to comprehend the lan- w out my rose colored guage many of my friends use? ses a long time ago. On one level I will never completely that doesn't mean 1 understand what it is like to be Black in t dthis country, because I will quite simply t want things to never be Black. But I think I can have Ige. the best understanding possible as a white person. e seen a lot of things living in The truth is most people aren't inca- t (and I might add that most of pable of understanding; they simply don't want to. B ut the fact that someone who knows me thought he needed to explain, shows how big an issue itreally IS! is. I may never have answers to all my A 25 Cold One questions. I never expected to get them. Right at Your But as a result of these experiences, I Fingertips! find it hard to be optimistic that there will ever be a decent level of under- standing about issues that really aren't i just Black and white. C"IEEF ,SpO .. 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