THE SENSE OF SIGHT & RACIAL TERROR IN "GET OUT"

Kinzie Baker

Get Out is a popular horror film that addresses the perpetuation of racial terror and dehumanization of black people in America through the film’s focus on the sense of sight.

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Vision is a sense that is linked to perspective, or how one sees the world and this film communicates to viewers unique way in which black people see and are seen in American society. Metaphorical white blindness in colorblind America shapes the social illusion that black people have no reason to be scared, bitter, or angry (Benjamin).