Ray Charles movie

I recently watched the extra credit film on the life of Ray Charles, and was amazed by what I learned. When he was seven years old, Ray witnessed the death of his younger brother. Images of his death haunted him all his life and surfaced during times of stress or events which caused him to feel inadequate. Ray experienced racial prejudice and also suffered from harrassment due to his visual impairment. His mother fights for a better life for Ray and practices tough love, forcing him to rely on his own abilities to solve problems and get through life. He becomes addicted to heroin, yet eventually quits because his addiction threatens to destroy his marriage and his connection with his family. Critical Race Theory could be easily applied to many instances which the film illustrates. Ray refuses to perform at a Georgia venue which segregated the concert arena so that whites would have better places to sit and stand. This indicates the first tenet of CRT which states that racism is ordinary and involves white-over-color ascendancy. Ray is banned from ever performing in the state of Georgia following this incident. Much later in his life, however, Georgian political leaders re-invite him to their state and publicly apologize for their previous decision. One of his friends tells Malcolm, however, that "A black man is a boy in Mississippi, Ray. Even if he's 80 years old." This comment illustrates that race is more of a social construction than a biological distinction. Breaking down this social construction and analyzing its intricacies leads to more fair policy and social action.