Stereotypes In The Blind Side

Race has been portrayed numerous amount of times in American film. Just recently, a film called Get Out tackled the subjective of race in a creative thrilling and comedic way. The film revolved around a black man visiting his white girlfriend’s parents. This film is now up for many Academy Awards including Best Picture. Even more recently, a monumental black superhero film, Black Panther was released. Black Panther is the first black superhero movie, and is on its way to grossing 1 billion dollars worldwide. The film The Blind Side was released in 2009, and was directed by John Lee Hancock. The film is based on a true story about an African American football player Michael Oher. Michael Oher had a tough childhood, as he grew up with a drug addict mother, who eventually led him to go from foster home to foster home, which he frequently ran away from. This led to Oher becoming homeless. In the end, Oher became a first round NFL draft pick after many years of dedication and hard work.
The origins of racial stereotypes in American popular entertainment dated back to the 19th …show more content…
This is because the reading states that “The overwhelmingly White, blockbuster film industry was busy thinking up more new ways for Brown folks to help less-Brown ones, and American White men were getting a little nervous about their place on the top of the heady New World Order” (Colombe, 2002, p. 1). This can be compared to The Blind Side, because Oher helps Coach Burt Cotton by playing on the team, making the team that much better. It is wrong that “black actors are continually evaluated on the appropriateness of their professional choices” (Colombe, 2002, p. 1). In The Blind Side, before Oher started playing football, he was homeless and living a terrible life. It would be wrong to judge Oher, especially considering he changed his whole life