Monthly Archives: March 2012

In Woody Allen’s Radio Days the radio acts as a unifying force that brings together families, communities, and the world.  One scene that I immediately recognized as showing this connection perfectly is the scene where everyone is listening to the … Continue reading →

For some reason, Goodfellas (1990) wasn’t the kind of movie that I’d look back at in racial and ethnic terms. This was probably due to the film’s heavy emphasis on crime, mafia and violence. I found myself clenching my teeth … Continue reading →

Dyer, Roediger and Massood all raise the problems of defining “whiteness” in their articles. They argued that white people often identified themselves with their nationality instead of “white” in general. In my opinion, white is an adjective that describes people’s … Continue reading →

The movie Goodfellas, in my opinion, is a movie about someone trying to fit in. Henry is trying to get himself situated into his neighborhood’s norm. (On the micro scale, being a gangster is the social norm, whereas in the … Continue reading →

At the surface, Goodfellas (1990) is a tale of the mob activities in the latter part of 20th century New York. Though the movie does not seem to express much about the notion of whiteness, it in fact immensely deals … Continue reading →

In the film Goodfellas, Henry Hill tries very hard NOT to be white. His family is just trying to fit in and find where they fit in but he doesn’t want to be a regular American “schnook”. He wants to … Continue reading →

The concept of whiteness as seen in Goodfellas (1990) is complicated because Henry and his neighborhood are both White and non-White, just at different times in the movie. I say this for a variety of reasons. Henry, at the beginning … Continue reading →

First off, I was not expecting that brutal scene in the opening of Goodfellas (1990). I looked away for one second during the early credits and all of a sudden I hear and see a man being pummeled and stabbed … Continue reading →

I want to start by pointing out something that struck my attention in the Roediger piece on whiteness. The minute I read about the 50s as a significant decade in terms of whiteness being defined, it reminded me of the … Continue reading →