Jordan Peele’s film, “Get Out” and Systemic Racism in America

  Jordan Peele’s film, “Get Out” (2017), reveals how little we in America have moved “beyond racism.” Describe how the film’s many ironies illustrate our stagnation and help to challenge the status quo. The activist and scholar Angela Davis believes that capitalism cannot exist without slavery and colonization. If slavery, per se, no longer exists in the United States, what has taken its place? Socioeconomic inequities nurture the environment that allows racial injustices to thrive. How does the film, however indirectly, support Davis’ conclusion? Also consider the scientific feasibility of transplantation. What is the relationship between scientific innovation and capitalism?