In this essay I will be discussing “Booty Call” by Hills Collins. Booty call is a 1997 movie that explores sexuality, love and commitment of African Americans. Booty call is the act of contacting someone just to engage in sexual acts with that person. I will be summarizing the contents of the article. Then I will provide an evaluation of the arguments that the author puts forth. I will also provide my reactions to the materials and finally I will provide alternative arguments to the material.
The main theoretical argument in “Booty Call” is how the mass media is using images to control African American. It starts with a discussion on athletes and criminals. It shows how the African American male bodies can be used for personal gains and how …show more content…
These ideals leaves African American people in a hard place and this also divides African American people. Some African American people have accepted these images such as the middle class. Usually the poor African Americans still want to be seen as being authentic so they reject these ideals. These cause extreme fear in the white since it goes against what they are trying to set up. They really think these types of people really belong in a place where their aggressiveness can be contained such as a prison. African Americans are trying to develop themselves but the just end up entertain they white people since they put body before mind. Their arguments that they author is making are very true because if you look at the top field they are filled with whites. When African American try to climb to that level not only may then be discriminated against by the white people, there are also going to be harassed by the own people for following the norms and trying to make things better for themselves. These images place African Americans in a lose situations. Even though some of our background are different people try to be rappers to rap about the thug life but they have never been thugs. The African Americans being homophobic is seen in the killing of transsexual people and gays that happen in modern
The main theoretical argument in “Booty Call” is how the mass media is using images to control African American. It starts with a discussion on athletes and criminals. It shows how the African American male bodies can be used for personal gains and how …show more content…
These ideals leaves African American people in a hard place and this also divides African American people. Some African American people have accepted these images such as the middle class. Usually the poor African Americans still want to be seen as being authentic so they reject these ideals. These cause extreme fear in the white since it goes against what they are trying to set up. They really think these types of people really belong in a place where their aggressiveness can be contained such as a prison. African Americans are trying to develop themselves but the just end up entertain they white people since they put body before mind. Their arguments that they author is making are very true because if you look at the top field they are filled with whites. When African American try to climb to that level not only may then be discriminated against by the white people, there are also going to be harassed by the own people for following the norms and trying to make things better for themselves. These images place African Americans in a lose situations. Even though some of our background are different people try to be rappers to rap about the thug life but they have never been thugs. The African Americans being homophobic is seen in the killing of transsexual people and gays that happen in modern