Masculinity, Class, Sexuality, and the Effects of Neoliberalism

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The academe is where the students learn to understand theoretical concepts and gradually learn to apply them into their daily lives as they continuously improve their knowledge and skills. Not all subjects are related to the actual career path in the future because some are electives that the students choose depending on their preference, experiences, and other factors. In my case, I selected a minor in African American Studies because the constant clashing between these two ethnicities has primarily resulted in violence and oppression in contemporary society. In line with this, this subject has been selected to help me develop a deep understanding of the culture of each ethnicity and create a future with omitted violence and oppression.
The topics discussed in class are essential in fostering goodness in society. These are also helpful in improving the students’ interactions with different races, which may be beneficial when one begins to practice the career. Because of the comprehensibility of the subject topics, I have selected some of the most important that I wish to remember in five years.
First, the discussion in class about masculinity and sexuality is significant in preventing the student from being biased based on these three factors secondary to the stereotypes and prejudice. Jerkins (2018) wrote the excerpt about his interview with Barry Jenkins about Moonlight, which told a story about Black queer men. Jerkins, the interviewer, asked Jenkins why he decided to make that film. Jenkins then told a story about his friend who had been with him since birth. This person was Tarell, a childhood friend with whom Jenkins shared many similar ideologies and experiences. Their moms were both cocaine addicts, and they were both infected with the human immunodeficiency virus, which led to their eventual demise. Jenkins described Tarell as a tall, dark, and handsome man, and if Jenkins were not a man, he would not have hesitated to express the adoration. Due to this, Jenkins identified sexuality as a barrier to many possibilities that life had to offer (Jerkins, 2018).
It is an important lesson that can be applied to real-life situations, especially in the workplace. The topic demonstrated how a single factor, sexuality, can hinder individuals from maximizing their full potential. They were prejudiced based on their sexuality instead of analyzing the appropriateness of their knowledge and skills with the necessary tasks that must be accomplished.
Second, the subject also tackled the significance of the differences in the social classes and neoliberalism using the film Parasite to illustrate how thi...