Abstract:
This study deals with Racism Discourse in the 12 Years a Slave Film Script. The
data in this research was taken from 12 Years a Slave Film Script. Descriptive
qualitative method was applied to analyze the data. Thus, in doing this research,
library research was applied in analyzing the data. The objective of research were
to find out the acts of racism and the most dominant in the 12 Years a Slave Film
Script. From the data obtained, there were seven act found in 12 Years a Slave
Film Script. They were segregation, redlining, genocide, prejudice, oppression,
stereotyping and violence. Violence occurs 8 times, it is percentage (32%), as the
second most often appearing phenomenon, there is Prejudice. It is number of
occurrences is quite difference from the previous rank. It only appears 4 times
with the percentage of (16%). After that Oppression, it occurs the same frequency
from the previous rank. It only appears 4 times with the percentage of (16%).
After that, the act of Genocide, Stereotyping, and Segregation have the same
number of occurrences. Which is from the three act only appears 3 times with the
percentage of (12%). And finally the last act of racism, which is Redlining did not
frequency. Thus, The most dominant act of racism found violence was 8 act with
the amount of (32%).
