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Adryth Salzman

Abstract/Description

Get Out, an American anti-racist horror film directed by Jordan Peele, follows a chilling story through the perspective of the main character, a black man named Chris Washington (Daniel Kaluuya). Chris is brought by his white girlfriend, Rose Armitage (Allison Williams) to spend the weekend at her family’s house with the rest of her white family. He is put in various situations where he is subjected to racist remarks and microaggressions that escalate throughout his stay. As the film continues, Chris learns that the Armitages are partaking in modern-day slave trade by controlling black bodies through hypnosis and the implantation of white brains into black bodies. In Get Out, Peele draws on the history of derogatory animal imagery in relation to black men’s bodies to shine light on the harmful ideologies stemming from this history present within modern-day American society.

Note on the Author

Adryth Salzman (she/her) is an undergraduate student at Bridgewater State University majoring in Anthropology with a Cultural Concentration. Her research was completed in the spring of 2024 under the mentorship of Dr. Halina Adams (Department of English). Eventually, Adryth will pursue a Japanese Language minor as well as the possibility of pursuing a Writing and Writing Skills minor.

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