Without Sanctuary was very interesting. While I had previous knowledge of lynchings, seeing all photographs and hearing the narrative really made me think about what it means to be human and the caution we must take as individuals to make sure we are never coerced into justifying just troubling behavior. When the narrator says that he began to caution whites, the majority, the young, religion, and the accepted I began to think about the power of obedience and majority rules. Many times people find it hard to speak up with they know an injustice has occurred and will even participate if told to (for example the Nazi treatment towards the Jews). The idea that a human can so easily become an object in the minds of so many scares me. The photos in Without Sanctuary emphasize this point by depicting so many people who justified and celebrated their actions as though nothing was wrong. If I could take anything from the movie it would be that as humans we can't just stand by and watch injustices occur, we have to do something about it.
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