Black americans struggle for equality in the butlerfilm

Rizka Arindani, Black Americans Struggle for Equality in The Butler film. A Thesis. English Letters Department, Adab and Humanities Faculty, Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University, Jakarta, 2015.This research discusses about racial discrimination toward Black Americans and their struggle to reach the equality in The Butler film. This research focuses on analyzing Black Americans characters which are dominated by the Whites. The data of this research is analyzed using the concept of Occidentalism. The data of this research are collected from unit analysis and other sources. In this research, the writer uses descriptive-qualitative analysis as the method to analyze how Black Americans struggle for equality and how Occidentalism appear in the film.From the data analysis, the writer finds that Black Americans succeed to reach the equality by their struggle. They prove the world that they are capable to lead the country as the Whites do. They can stand in the same line as an American without any differentiation between them. They do not want to be more superior and dominate the Whites but they want to be the same. It is in line with the concept on Occidentalism by Hasan Hanafi.viii, 44 shee