This essay
focuses on the representations of black people in Straight Outta Compton and to
what extent the film reinforces negative stereotypes of black people. Straight
Outta Compton was one of the most successful movies so far in 2015 and made 200
million worldwide receiving so many good reviews. However just once when we
thought stereotyping was unacceptable in society as the African American
community have been through a lot in the past years in the US such as the
police brutality situations as many of black lives a have been taken due to
police stereotyping them and believing they are guilty while they are actually
innocent. Still a large amount of African Americans actors plays criminals
roles in Hollywood fuels the racial stereotype that black men are dangerous and
have zero respect for the law. Also disrespecting women, swearing and killing
each other these are the main factors in many movies starring African
Americans. However, must consider that the film Straight Outta Compton is a
2015 American biographical drama about the rise and fall of the Compton,
California hip hop group N.W.A. "Stereotypes are like fictions they are
created to serve as substitutions, standing in for what’s is real" stereotypes
are gathered by thoughts, beliefs and reality through individuals then
generalised to the rest of the race or gender etc.
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