How Is Racial Discrimination Experienced by Doctor Don Shirley As Portrayed in Green Book Movie?
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APPENDIX PF 1: How is racial discrimination experienced by Doctor Don Shirley as portrayed in Green Book movie? Quote from The Short Type of Types of Minutes Reference Comment No Story Analysis Data 1. Tony: “This can't be right. 00:54:48 – Racial Dialogue “Racial discrimination When Tony and Don arrive It says right here, "Cozy as 00:55:22 Discrimination is an unequal treatment in a motel for a colored your own home. Place of persons or groups on people as written in Green looks like my ass” the basis of their race or Book (a guide for colored Don: “This is the place. ethnicity” (Pager 2). people travellers to find The square one, please” motels & restaurant that Tony: “Just this one?” would serve them), Tony is Don: “Thank you” surprised, because the Tony: “Hey, uh if you need motel is not worthy and anything, I'll be right up the good because it is an old street at the Easton Inn” building and a lot of trash is Don: “Thank you, Tony” everywhere. Don gets unfair treatments due to his different racial identity in America. Whereas, Tony sleeps in another motel right up the street. 2. Tony’s wife: “So, come on. 00:21:17 – Racial Dialogue Chang and Tan argue According to Chang and I'm dying to hear. What 00:21:55 Discrimination that racial Tan, racial discrimination is happened with the doctor discrimination is a an attitude even judgement interview?” negative attitudes, which subordinates Tony: “He ain't a real judgment and unfair individual based on their doctor. He's a piano treatment done by race. Tony’s wife bets that player.” others due to one’s her husband will not be Tony’s wife: “Well, I don't racial identity or skin able to work with Dr. Don understand. Why did they colour (462). in more than a week after say that he was a doctor?” she knows that Dr. Don is a Tony: “I don't know. I colored people. She think he's, like, a doctor of, believes that colored people uh, piano playing or do not have a good attitude, something.” because they are from a Tony’s wife: “You can be different race. that?” Tony: “I guess. He lives on top of Carnegie Hall. You should've seen this place, Dee. It was filled with statues and all kinds of fancy crap. And he was sitting on top of a friggin' throne all dressed up like, uh, like the king of the jungle bunnies” Tony’s wife: “He's colored? Well, you wouldn't last a week with him” Tony: “For the right money, I would.” 3. Tony: ‘This isn't the piano, 00:47:25 – Racial Dialogue Racial discrimination When Tony and Don arrive right?” 00:47:50 Discrimination refers to his experiences in Hanover, they get a Officer: “That's it” of receiving negative problem with the staff. Tony: “It ain't a Steinway” attitudes, judgment, or Tony asks for the right Officer: “So what?” unfair treatments by piano, but the staff does not Tony: “Dr. Shirley only others due to one’s want to give it even it is plays on Steinway grand racial identity or skin written in contract. He pianos. It's in his written colour (Pascoe 116). called Dr. Don as a “coons” contract” (colored people), and says Officer: “Who's Dr. to Tony that coons can play Shirley?” on anything he put in front Tony: “Dr. Shirley. The of them. It means that the Don Shirley Trio. They're officer discriminates and playing tonight” subordinates Dr. Don Officer: “Does it really because he is colored matter? Yeah, it does. It's in people, and he also does his contract” not respect him. Officer: “Come on, man. Man, these coons can play on anything you put in front of them” 4. Tony: “Hey, I told you 00:57:42 – Racial Dialogue “In the case of the When Dr. Don goes to bar we'll leave. Not a big deal. 00:58:40 Discrimination Negro there were for drink, he is mocks and Come on” special causes for the gets violence by the white Man in the bar 1: “He ain't prevalence of crime . people and he did not allow going nowhere. We need a he was the object of to drink there because he is Brillo Pad to wash these stinging oppression coloured people. Tony dishes with. and ridicule, and paths comes to help him, and the Man in the bar 1: “He ain't of advancement open barkeep asks the white men got no gun, Ray. He's full to many were closed to to let Dr.Don go, and he of shit” him” (Du Bois, 241). calls him as a spook Man in the bar 2: “What if (coloured people e). From he ain't? that evidence, barkeep and Barkeep: “Well, I sure the white people in bar do ain't. And I ain't about to racial discrimination against let this come to pass in my Dr. Don. They do unfair place. Let the spook go. treatment and denial of Let him go. Come on. Get rights to people from him out of here. I want different race and ethnic. these Yankees off of my property” Tony: “Go on” 5. Waitress: “Uh, are you 01:04:58 Racial Dialogue “Racial discrimination After Dr. Don finishes his looking for the commode?” – Discrimination is an unequal concert, he wants to go to the Dr. Don: “Yes. I...” 00:05:38 treatment of persons toilet but the waitress does Waitress: “Yeah, here. Let or groups on the basis not allow him to use toilet me help you. It's right out of their race or inside the building, he has to there before that pine” ethnicity” (Pager 2). use toilet outside next to pine. Dr. Don: “I'd prefer not to But, Dr. Don does not want use that” used it and he prefers to use Waitress: “Well, don't be toilet in his motel. After that, silly, Don” Tony asks why he does not Dr.Don: “It looks a lot piss in the woods. Here, the worse from the outside. waitress does discrimination And I suppose you'd know to Dr. Don. He does not want from experience” him use toilet inside which Waitress: “Well, I've never only for white people. had any complaints” Dr. Don: “Well, I could return to my motel and use the facilities there, but that would take at least a half an hour” Waitress: “We don't mind waiting” Tony: “Why don't I just pull over? You can piss in the woods. 6. Seller: “May I help you, 01:11:38 – Racial Dialogue “Racial discrimination When Tony and Dr. Don sir?” 01:12:14 Discrimination is an unequal treatment cross in front of tuxedo Tony: “Yeah, we want of persons or groups on store, Don sees a beautiful to try on that, uh, the basis of their race or tuxedo, so Tony asks him beautiful gray suit ethnicity” (Pager 2). to look for a new tuxedo in the window. You got for his concert. The seller is it in a 42?” serving well when Tony Seller: “Of course. That's asks for a tuxedo, but when the one. Dressing room Dr. Don wants to try the is in the back, sir.” tuxedo in dressing room, Dr. Don: “Thank you. the seller does not allow I'll be just a moment.” him. He says that if Dr. Tony: “Take your time, Don wants to try it, he has Doc.I'll check out some to purchase it first. It means ties for you.” that the seller gives unequal Seller: “Uh, e-excuse and unfair treatment to me. Uh, you're not colored people, he thinks allowed to try that on.” that colored people cannot Dr. Don: “I beg your be trusted. pardon?” Seller: “Uh, if you'd like to purchase it first, we'd be happy to tailor it to your needs.” Dr. Don: “I see.” 7. Tony: “What'd I do?” 01:25:25 Racial Dialogue Chang and Tan argue Tony and Dr. Don are Police: “Out of the car. Why – Discrimination that racial stopped by police officers are you on this road?” 01:26:39 discrimination is a when they make a detour Tony: “I told you. We had to negative attitudes, and lost. Police officers make a detour, and we got judgment and unfair ask Tony why he drives a lost.” treatment done by colored people, they say Police: “And why are you others due to one’s that colored people cannot driving him?” racial identity or skin be out there at night Tony: “He's my boss.” colour (462). because it is a sundown Police: “He can't be out here at town. It proves that police night. This is a sundown officers give unfair policy town.” and shows attitude of Tony: “What's that?” racial discrimination to Police: “Get him out of the car Dr. Don, they do not and check his I.D.” allow colored people to be Tony: “Oh, come on. It's out side at night because pouring rain.” people in town are racist Police 2: “Sir, I can just get it with others from different right here through the race. window.” Police: “Get him out of the car. Police 2: “Come on, get out, now. Get out, now. Get out. Police: “Got I.D.? How you say this last name?” Tony: “Vallelonga” Police: “Yeah, what kind of name is that?” Tony: “It's Italian” Police: “Oh, I see.