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In class, we looked up news case studies like this one and this one (see images below) and at what Spike Lee has said here
The film director Spike Lee explains that the images have negative impacts: "In my neighbourhood, we looked up to athletes, guys who got the ladies, and intelligent people," said Lee. "[Now] If you're intelligent, you're called a white guy or girl."[72]
In film, blacks are also shown in a stereotypical manner that promotes notions of moral inferiority. In terms of female movie characters shown by race:[73]
- Using vulgar profanity: blacks 89%, whites 17%
- Being physically violent: blacks 56%, whites 11%
- Lacking self-control: blacks 55%, whites 6%
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