Blaxploitation

Blacks Entertaining for the Enjoyment of Whites Black characters have appeared in American films since the late 1800s(Horton, Yurii). But in early cinema and theatrical plays that weren't shown in the best of light. They have been stereotyped as; lazy, stupid, animal-like,(Horton, Yurii) the list just goes on and on. But now even more than 150 years after Civil Rights Era, Blacks still have a little light to express their art on the small and big screens. They are to this day, are being…

Morrison states, “Marketing messages of hate and violence to children sends the signal that violence is widespread and normal, that it is acceptable to abuse women, and that there is glamour in lawlessness” (Morrison). Teens are listening to music that sends the messages that it is okay for men to beat their wives and girlfriends because they are above the law. This has had an extremely negative effect in the black community. As stated by McWhorter, “Rap music is harmful to the black community…

Researching these photographers’ was hard to pick from until I researched Gordon Parks. There are many reasons why I chose this artist. One because he documented Civil rights movement, did not know of any African American photographers, and his photos were raw. Parks expressed “ the crusade for civil rights with images of demonstrations, brutalities, and racial inequalities. Park’s approach was entirely different, serving a crucial documentation in a prosaic yet profound way. His photographs…

Every aspect of the film is imbued, created and viewed through the lens of the black female spectator as filmmaker. Nana is arguably the center of the film – she’s an old wise woman and the leader of the Peazant family. She is regarded as the seat of knowledge in the family – which is already a subversion of mainstream cinema that usually gives that type of knowledge to old white men. Nana Peazant’s knowledge is ancestral and cultural, yet gives her the wisdom of any great scholar - the African…

Satirical cartoons that air on television, such as The Boondocks and Black Dynamite, deal with racial topics and are viewed as humorous forms of entertainment. These cartoons are not taken seriously since many audience members misinterpret the cartoons’ context. Viewers not understanding the context of the shows and repeatedly viewing these images cause many to associate these events in the cartoons towards reality, which is one of the effects of the Ideomotor Theory. Fans of these shows also go…