Ozekia Wilder
Professor Andre
ENGL 1102
30 March 2018
Abstract
Spike Lee’s film Do the Right Thing imparts a day in a racially mixed neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York. In the film Spike Lee demonstrates the different behaviors and cultures amongst the different races in the neighborhood. The film centers on how social class, race and the decisions that the characters make have a direct effect on the way people interact with each other. I argue that the way a group of people act or the things they do within their culture causes them to be stereotyped. Depending on what class black or white people are classified as can also cause stereotyping to occur. White people are known to be majority middle class or high class. Blacks and minorities are
Professor Andre
ENGL 1102
30 March 2018
Abstract
Spike Lee’s film Do the Right Thing imparts a day in a racially mixed neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York. In the film Spike Lee demonstrates the different behaviors and cultures amongst the different races in the neighborhood. The film centers on how social class, race and the decisions that the characters make have a direct effect on the way people interact with each other. I argue that the way a group of people act or the things they do within their culture causes them to be stereotyped. Depending on what class black or white people are classified as can also cause stereotyping to occur. White people are known to be majority middle class or high class. Blacks and minorities are