Get Out (2017): Black Horror and White Liberal Villains Ghouls Next Door

Get Out is a film that effectively blends horror, comedy, and social commentary into a genuinely brilliant horror film. Gabe discusses the way Peele showcases Black history and trauma without being traumatic. Kat unpacks the harm of white liberals and performative activism.

Sources in this Episode:

Get Out Explained: Symbols, Satire & Social Horror | The Take

Get Out – MEDIA

Get Out Fact Sheet

Black Trauma vs. Black Horror

Jordan Peele’s Get Out Political Horror By Dawn Keetley

6 Ways I Have Faced Anti-Blackness By White Liberals in Organizing Spaces

The Scariest Part of ‘Get Out’ Was The Trueness To Life by Jordie Davies

Societal structures have historically prioritized race over gender, especially in the context of white supremacy

When Feminism Is White Supremacy in Heels

Get Out: Structural Racism and Academic Terror by Renee Nicole Allen



Ways to Help:

A Black Feminist Resource List (Fall 2023)

the palestine academy

#THESHOWMUSTBEPAUSED

The Movement for Black Lives (M4BL) Resources

Stop Cop City

Black Neurodiversity Resource List

bit.ly/ANTIRACISMRESOURCES


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