Research

For my Final project for Eng101 and Mass Media class I am going with the topic of race in the media. More specifically though I will be focusing on the portrayl of minorities in film and the stereotypical representations of them. I will mention the polarization and degree of tokenism in films. Sometimes though I will find that a show will add charecters of minority groups to create this tokenism. I find that sometimes shows or films are just best left alone and to make something politically correct is insulting to my intelligence. I dont really care of if there is a Hispanic or Black charecter what I care about is how they are portrayed if they are in the film. I will also try to incorperate movies like "Blood in Blood Out" and "American History X" in my final. This may bring a twist into what im trying to create so my final is still subject to minor changes but I will not veer off the topic of race.
What I found interesting about "Blood in Blood out" is this sense of brotherhood or "Raza" that the main charecter "Miklo" was yearning for and found while imprisoned. Miklo was a white Mexican ironically and experienced racism from his own countrymen because of his skin tone. Racism is a two way street and sometimes we are caught in the middle of it.
Then you Have "American History X" where the Main charecter Derek is converted into a Neo Nazi after the death of his father at the hands of a black man whom was within a burning house. Derek resents anyone who is not White Protestant and is manipulated and brainwashed by a Neo Nazi named Cameron Alexander who publishes racist progranda and uses Derek to achieve what he could not. Derek lands in jail after a very graphic incident with blacks trying to rob his home. In Prison he learns that racism is just this false fantasy that preachers of hate really dont believe their own sermons. He is ironically saved by a black and his mission is to destroy that which he created in the outside world and to save his brother from going down the same path.
Im also reading Pedagoy of the Opressed so i am still missing the glue to put my little puzzle together but I will present for Louie on the 8th of June so I will be working on it soon enough.