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I was in grade school in late 80s - early 90s, and very interested in gangster rap and the movies that portrayed the same lifestyle. For white suburban kids it served as the equivalent of punk and metal in the 80s, hippies in the 70s, beats in the 60s, etc. it was about rebellion, not about “appropriation” as people claim today.
I would argue that black people are no longer portrayed the way they were nearly as often. Media goes out of their way to present positive role models of black people, especially black men. I’d say that’s a positive development. We’ll one day look back (I hope) on the 80s and 90s gangster rap hay days the same way we sort of celebrate Italian mafia characterizations from earlier times.
I get it SC1. No shame in it, that is part of what made the music/movies so successful/lucrative. Kids still do it today and I don’t think you made a comparison between what you were doing and the African American plight.
You don't need a book, not much has changed...Talk to some culturally invested brothers and sisters.
Actually Yes, the best part of being. Poli Sci major was learning how to translate qualitative to quantitative. One of my best professors gave a few lectures on how stereotypes evolve.
The long Nd short of it is that they evolve based on the majority groups needs. Black people were never called lazy until they were no longer forced to provide space labor. Irish and Italians were not considered white at first. Many Europeans weren't, because white is a social class that evolved to include all Europeans.. it didn't initially. When the powers that be wanted to solidify that power a bit more, the stereotypes of the groups they "dominate" change in order to fit their narrative. You see Chinese people going from tiny uneducated sexual deviants to model minorities when it suits white culture.
All if these things adjust based on what appeases white culture. The looser the grip white cultures have on the dominant American culture, the more you see these shifts in a coup to regain said grip.
A1 this isn’t even a complex concept, you should have been exposed to what A2 was talking about with any decent education. Look at WW2 propaganda posters the US put out about the Germans, Japanese, Italians. They invoke stereotypes that are completely unintelligible to us now. Because we’re aren’t enemies anymore so the power structures that be don’t require these specific stereotypes.
Here you go.
https://www.amazon.com/Toms-Coons-Mulattoes-Mammies-Bucks/dp/082641267X
Seems a remarkable turnaround from (being portrayed as) compliant and submissive to (being portrayed as) “superpredators” 30 years later. Is this just perception or did civil rights empower black youth in unintended, disruptive ways?
(Not looking to start a fight or disrespect any group. I’m not originally from the US and am curious to learn)
I said all that shit to say - I don’t know if any critically acclaimed books exist about Blacks in cinema. I’ll ask around lol
Why stop in the 90s?
So are we assuming that : 60s good portrayal, 90s bad portrayal?
Can’t speak on the portrayal but in reality a lot of the circumstances in California in the 80s and 90s were caused intentional (not by the civil rights movement). Difficult to summarize on a Saturday night and after a drink or two but see the link below: https://www.socialistalternative.org/panther-black-rebellion/los-angeles-gangs-bloods-crips/
Thicker Than Blood: How Racial Statistics Lie https://www.amazon.com/dp/0816639094/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_y4ZgEbABSPC66
Racecraft: The Soul of Inequality in American Life https://www.amazon.com/dp/1781683131/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_S7ZgEbZ7NP08C