Dope

The movie Dope is a true story because it is breaking the stereotypes that the media told people to believe. Dope shows people that black people aren’t lazy, uneducated, and that black kids don’t have the same amount of opportunities as white kids have. In the movie the main character Malcolm is writing his admission letter to Harvard University. Malcolm school counselor thinks Malcolm is being arrogant, because Malcolm attends a run-down school in L.A. The counselor tells Malcolm if he really wants to go to Harvard he should talk to Austin Jacoby, a Harvard alumnus. Even though Malcolm have the right grades to get into Harvard he might not get accepted, because his school isn’t seen as an important school. If Malcolm would of went to another school with better education he wouldn’t of had as much trouble to get in. Dope shows that black people aren’t lazy and uneducated by having Malcolm do everything he can to attend Harvard. At the end of the movie Malcolm is reading his admission letter to the audience. In his essay he describes two students – Student A is a music geek that plays in a punk band and gets straight A's, while Student B suffers in the hood and makes money in immoral ways. He asks, "Which student do you think I am?". He also ask that question “So why do I want to attend Harvard?”, and he replies with “ If I was white would you even have to ask me that?”. Most people would think Student A is more of a white kid who goes to a good school, who earn good grades, and who lives in a good neighborhood. Most People would think Student B is a black kid who lives in a more urban neighborhood, who sack off in school, and who earns money by drug dealing. Student A is more ideal for a school like Harvard than Student B.