{"id":4319,"date":"2020-11-30T13:33:47","date_gmt":"2020-11-30T18:33:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/ldst1010304f2019\/?p=4319"},"modified":"2020-11-30T13:33:47","modified_gmt":"2020-11-30T18:33:47","slug":"11-30-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/ldst1010304f2019\/2020\/11\/30\/11-30-post\/","title":{"rendered":"11\/30 Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I think taking a deeper look at the movie <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dear White People<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is especially important for college students.\u00a0 This movie opens people up to the idea that conforming to a stereotype makes people more successful.\u00a0 I never really thought about conformity like this.\u00a0 I wondered why people would continue to conform to be the person they are supposed to be rather than the person they want to be, but this movie provides a good reason for conforming.\u00a0 Conforming to society sends you down a path that is already paved.\u00a0 it is an easy way to become successful even if it is not your way.\u00a0 That being said, People see success as a clear cut thing all too often, so that is what it becomes.\u00a0 I never really thought that conforming to what people think you should be will lead to success, but this movie shows how it does.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I also like how the movie shows the people who oppose conformity.\u00a0 I think it is interesting how these people naturally stick out just because they act like themselves rather than the person they are supposed to conform to be.\u00a0 The way\u00a0<em>Dear White People<\/em> develops the non conformist characters makes me wonder if this is a possible solution to the growing problem of conformity.\u00a0 Movies can make these people seem unique and successful in their own way, which may lead more people to create their own path.\u00a0 It is important to see that success comes in many forms.\u00a0 People conform to find success, but in reality success can be found in other ways.\u00a0 Success can be achieved by finding your own path and living a life that brings happiness to you and others.\u00a0 Money and tangible items lure people to follow conformity, but these things should not trump the value of finding your own path.\u00a0 This point is a deeper dive into one aspect of the movie, but I think it is extremely important.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I think taking a deeper look at the movie Dear White People is especially important for college students.\u00a0 This movie opens people up to the&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/ldst1010304f2019\/2020\/11\/30\/11-30-post\/\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">11\/30 Post<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":4919,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/ldst1010304f2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/ldst1010304f2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/ldst1010304f2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/ldst1010304f2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4919"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/ldst1010304f2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4319"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/ldst1010304f2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4319\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4320,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/ldst1010304f2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4319\/revisions\/4320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/ldst1010304f2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/ldst1010304f2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/ldst1010304f2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}