The Struggle for Racial Equality in "Detroit"

Abstract

The bachelor thesis deals with racial issues in the USA. The theoretical part aims to capture how racial disparity influenced the lives of African Americans, specifically in Detroit, Michigan, between the Great Migration and the 1967 race uprising. The paper further compares ideologies of racial liberation held by some of the most prominent figures in African American history. The analytical part of the thesis examines Detroit, a 2017 drama based on a true story, in terms of its portrayal of racism, its standpoint toward Black agency, and the film´s impact on the viewer. As a whole, the analytical part observes whether the director achieved her goal of highlighting the ongoing problem of racial inequality and respectfully commemorating the incident's victims.