![]() This is because finding compelling evidence of racism in Hollywood is an easy case to make when we focus our study, as Van Peebles does in the film Classified X, on the most targeted large minority group and its Hollywood depictions. While we will examine, in brief, the practice of racism as a whole against a variety of North American minority groups, the main focus of our study will use examples of racism against African Americans in Hollywood pop culture. Hollywood has been racist, using a wide palette of methods, ever since its inception.įocus on racism against African Americans in Hollywood Whatever we thought at first, after we examine Van Peebles’ solid evidence, his argument seems very strong. Indeed, we are the most similar, from one individual to the next, of all species on planet Earth.įinally, we will look at the thesis points of Melvin Van Peebles’ documentary, “ Classified X,” a film that provides a very well-researched, often strident history of racism in Hollywood’s portrayals of African-Americans throughout motion picture history. While race is a potent social construct, used by powerful people for millennia to oppress those in less privileged contexts, race is merely a biological myth since all human beings are 99.9% similar. While it may be true that certain so-called races have particular genetic predispositions to certain diseases (a truth that is indispensable in healthcare), for the most part ‘race’ is merely an idea, an illusion used expressly for destructive, political purposes. We will read about how, according to Human Genome scientists, the notion of race holds almost no biological significance. ![]() This week, we examine one of the most profound scientific findings of the last century, the assertion that race has no basis in science. We will explore the very concept of race. This week, we examine how from its beginning, Hollywood (quite unintentionally on the part of the Jewish moguls) evolved into a systemically racist system of stereotypes, icons and iconography. I’m very glad you’re here for Week 5, one of the most critical weeks in the course. Last week we looked at the fundamentals of Hollywood, the meaning of Hollywoodism, the mass media giants and their holdings, the concept of vertical integration, and the political and corporate purposes of Hollwood blockbuster moviemaking.
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