Abstract :
This term paper discusses about Racism Experienced by Martha Cabrera as an
Immigrant and Latin American in the Film Knives Out by Rian Johnson. This study
is qualitative method by using Roland Barthes? theory of semiotic about denotation,
connotation and myth, semiotic theory from Ferdinand de Saussure about
syntagmatic and paradigmatic, and Neubeck?s theory about the form of racism. The
purpose of this study is to investigate the reason why Martha Cabrera gets racial
treatment, to know how Martha experiences the racial treatment, and to examine
the form of racism. This term paper focuses on the meaning or message of racism
through the sign that found in the film. The results of this study found that there
was an act of racism that was felt by Martha Cabrera in the film Knives Out. The
film is not only about the death of a wealthy writer, Harlan Thrombey but also there
is an act of racism.