This American drama, which has won the Peabody Award, tells us a truth: Freedom can only be earned by oneself, and cannot be obtained by giving it to others.
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the value of freedom
Providenci 2022-03-14 08:01:02
After watching this drama, although I am moved by the unrelenting pursuit of freedom of the black guys, and I am also pleased that the black liberation cause has achieved fruitful results in early 2009, but what really haunts my heart is the suffering of black slaves in the society at that time. A deep sense of misfortune, and whiteness, or rather, a thorough understanding of the hypocrisy of the American ruling class at the time.
This American drama, which has won the Peabody Award, tells us a truth: Freedom can only be earned by oneself, and cannot be obtained by giving it to others.
This American drama, which has won the Peabody Award, tells us a truth: Freedom can only be earned by oneself, and cannot be obtained by giving it to others.
Extended Reading
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Captain Thomas Davies: I'm a Christian Man and I command a Christian Ship! I will not lead men into sin!
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Kunta Kinti: I'm a Mandinka warrior!
Fiddler: [turns to stable horse] Horse! I hear tell that you ain't a horse at all. I hear tell that you think you a mighty crow! I hear tell that you fly from here 'bouts all the way to Annapolis and back again. Now horse... you look mighty like a horse to me. And you sure SMELLS mighty like a horse. So I'm saying to you, that you... is... a horse! What you think you is don't matter a damn bit.