Rasialisme dalam film The Green Mile dan Men of Honor

JISMULATIF, Dra. Ida Rochani Adi, SU

2002 | Tesis | S2 Pengkajian Amerika

Tesis ini terutama dimaksudkan untuk menggambarkan rasialisme dan pembentukan stereotip terhadap orang kulit hitam dalam film The Green Mile dan film Men ofHonor. Rasialisme dalam kedua film tersebut diwujudkan dalam bentuk prasangka, disknminasi, dan pemisahan terhadap orang kulit hitam. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan interdisipliner dengan melibatkan beberapa disiplin ilmu, antara lain, sejarah, sosiologi, dan budaya. Rasialisme merupakan suatu dilema bagi orang kulit hitam di Amerika, karena prasangka ras, diskriminasi, segregasi dan perlakuan tidak adil oleh orang kulit putih. Mereka tidak mempunyai persamaan hak dalam pendidikan, pekerjaan, dan perlindungan hukum. Orang kulit hitam di Amerika dianggap sebagai ras yang rendah sementma orang kulit putih adalah ras unggul. Prasangka dan diskriminasi terhadap ras kulit hitam juga telah berkembang pada bisnis hiburan di Amerika. Sering karakter dan peran orang kulit hitam digambarkan dalam bentuk stereotip negatif. Hail penelitian ini menunjukan bahwa dalam film The Green Mile, peran dan karakter orang kulit hitam dipresentasikan sebagai orang yang bodoh, pembunuh, peramal, dan pemalas, sedangkan dalam film Men oJHonor karakter dan peran orang kulit hitam ditampilkan sebagai orang yang tangkas, ulet, dan gigih. Peran dan karakter orang kulit hitam dalam film The Green Mile adalah sejenis karikatur stereotip Tom, Sambo, Coon, dan Rucks yang muncul dalam film Amerika pada masa perbudakan. Dalam film The Green Mile dan film Men of Honor terdapat gambaran perlakuan diskriminasi terhadap orang kulit hitam dalam bidang pendidikan, pekerjaan, dan perlindungan hukum. Film The Green Mile dan Men of Honor tidak hanya memberikan hiburan pada penonton, tetapi juga dapat memberikan infonnasi tentang pengalaman orang kulit hitam di Ameri ka.

This thesis is mainly intended to reveal the racialism and the forms of Blacks stereotype in the films The Green Mile and Men of Honor. Racialism in both films are manifested in the forms of racial prejudice, discrimination, and segregation of the Blacks. This research uses an interdisciplinary approach as is commonly applied in American Studies. This thesis will offer a historical, sociological, and culture. Racialism in America has been a dilemma for Blacks, because of racial prejudice, discrimination, segregation and unjust treatment of them by Whites. Many blacks have problems or difficulties in the aspect of their lives. For example they do not have equality in education, employment, and law protection. Blacks in America are regarded as inferior while whites are regarded as superior. Racial prejudce has developed in the entertainment business in the United State. Blacks were often portrayed negatively such as lazy, dishonest, cowardly, and superstitious. The result of this research indicated that in the films The Green Mzle Blacks were represented in the form of negative stereotype namely, stupidity, laziness, murder, and superstition. However in the film Men of Honor Blacks were represented capable, smart, and also as persevering. The Blacks character in the film The Green Mile is typical of the type of stereotype that appeared in American films about the slavery era. In the film The Green Mile Blacks characters were also showed as a kind of caricature of Tom, Sumho, Coons, and Bucks. The film The Green Mile and Men of Honor show discrimination of Blacks in education, employment and law protection. Both the films ]he Green Mile and Men of Honor, gave audience not only entertainment but also information about the black experience in America.

Kata Kunci : Sastra Inggris Amerika,Film Green Mile,Rasialisme,Racialism,Inferiority, Superiority,Discrimination,Stereotype