You People: A hit or uncomfortable, comedic failure

From the plot to wellknown cast members, You People is a new movie that has caught the eyes of many movie lovers and critics for several different reasons. You People, a biracial love story, is not just about a white man and a black woman falling in love; the message is much deeper than that. The movie gives modernday examples of how the world reacts to biracial couples and shows how white and black Americans are living in two completely different worlds. The relationship between the two main characters is genuine, but it is hard for their parents to get along.

Ezra is Jewish, and Amira is Muslim. Between their racial and religous differences, it is almost as if two different worlds collided and crashed due to their parents having two different beliefs. Cultural differences cause the parents’ relationships to clash which causes the couples’ relationship to negatively alter as well. The conversations between each parent could come off as a teaching mechanism if the audience really pays attention. It is so easy to think just because you’re part of the argument makes sense that you forget to consider their point of view. Later in the movie, the parents learn that their differences were the cause of the breakup, so they decided to apologize and make things right. The movie also shows how misunderstood we the black community is. Ezra’s mother immediately sees Amira as “the black girlfriend” instead of a decent human being who makes her son happy. We, as black women, are never taken seriously. Every time we voice how we feel it comes off as angry or problematic to the ignorant population. A pivotal moment is the scene between Ezra’s mother and Amira at the wedding recital. It really captures the emotion of every black woman in America that have to deal with adversity. The movie is good for laughs but it’s deeper than comedy. It really explains the adversity black people face against white people.

For years we have been fighting to be treated fairly, but to white people, we will never be enough to be treated as decent humans. In the eyes of white people, they know we must work twice as hard to excel. To white people, we are often seen as something to appropriate when it’s beneficial for them. We, as the minority, hold a lot of weight for this country just to be copied and then put to death.

Overall, I do like this movie. It gives you a broader perspective of something black Americans face every day when encountering a white person. We are not treated fairly not because they do not want to but because white people not know how. White people do not know how to connect with us because they do not want to understand what it takes to be black because they know how they treat black people. Being a biracial couple at one point in time was illegal, so now that it is okay, white people are having a difficult time coping and understanding the love between the two races. I believe the whole concept of the movie is that white people become uncomfortable when a well-educated black family is presented to them. They start to feel intimidated which leads to slurs and microaggressions as if they do not care, or we are not capable of understanding their disrespectful lingo.

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