Blaxploitation In Film
Blaxploitation
Blaxploitation began in the early part of the 20th century when films in Hollywood hit a new high. This exploitation of Black America began when films started to characterize Black’s as what “White America” saw them as. The stereotypes of these incompetent, unintelligent and hyper-sexualized people were depicted throughout the film industry. Black’s were given these roles in different films. The roles were anything from playing the role of a pimp, hoe or criminal. If they weren’t playing one of these roles, they were being put in what was seen as a more positive role. Roles common to being seen as a more positive outlooks would be a man playing the role of a butler or a woman playing the role of a mammy. The greatest
Blaxploitation began in the early part of the 20th century when films in Hollywood hit a new high. This exploitation of Black America began when films started to characterize Black’s as what “White America” saw them as. The stereotypes of these incompetent, unintelligent and hyper-sexualized people were depicted throughout the film industry. Black’s were given these roles in different films. The roles were anything from playing the role of a pimp, hoe or criminal. If they weren’t playing one of these roles, they were being put in what was seen as a more positive role. Roles common to being seen as a more positive outlooks would be a man playing the role of a butler or a woman playing the role of a mammy. The greatest