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Watching Breakfast at Tiffany’s was very interesting because I got a sense of what white femininity was like during the 1950’s and 1960’s. While I thought the movie was very boring, it was interesting to see a white woman who was carefree. The protagonist went to and hosted parties, hung out with random men, and  did not have a job, but she somehow seemed to survive and live a very lavish lifestyle.

Seeing the life that Holly lived made me realize how difficult it is to be a black woman. Black women do not have the option to be carefree. Black woman, especially during the time this film was made, did not have men chasing them down in the street, men following them to confess their love, or the option to dedicate their life to finding a rich white man to marry.  These aspects of life that white women like Holly lived are aspects that black woman could never even imagine because of societal structures that place black woman at the bottom of the social and racial hierarchy.