ABSTRACT
The process of appropriating the structure of privilege within the text can be described as using the language of the dominant. Language of the dominant refers to a specific culture's established and preferred system for representing reality. The manner in which both Driving Miss Daisy and Mississippi Burning speak through the language of the dominant and end up participating in the process of racism despite their opposition to it raises an important theoretical issue. The theoretical issue was the central critical concern with the release of the film A World Apart. A World Apart was released in 1988, a significant time in the history of both South Africa and the United States. Through its narrative conflict and resolution, A World Apart provides the means by which spectators holding on to progressivism in such a reactionary period can recognize themselves and receive validation.
