Movies without Mexicans part 4

Jaws at 50 and metaphors for racism and xenophobia

Hi, folks. How are you? Yeah…me too. So, I found a piece that I started writing almost exactly a year ago. It’s scrawled on a handwritten note that I filed away after a recent viewing of the film Jaws (1975).

JAWS

There are no Black
or Brown people 
in Jaws
unless you count the shark
as a metaphor
for desegregation 
then, all of a sudden
it's a film abou…