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Part 4 of 6

A history of the racially stereotyped portrayal of African Americans in cinema. Written and narrated by Melvin Van
Peebles, director of "revolutionary" film Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song

Van Peebles is no angel, his films have been called exploitative, but this history is powerful.

Watch ALL 6 PARTS to see how stereotyped representations have evolved from early cinema to today.

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Education

Tags:

• racism
• film
• black
• cinema
• history
• images
• african
• hollywood
• culture
• Peebles
• rap

[LeeRoi22]

why do i find myself getting more and more angry

[TBombshell]

are we losing the point here with these meaningless comments about Denzel Washington? Here we have Melvin Peebles narrating the greatest story never told! listen up :)

[DragonBallPiece]

oh so this is why the black guy always dies they have been telling us but we just laughed it off.

[EricGoule81]

@MGSFan22 I hope Spike Lee did not practise self-censorship; let's hope the scene wasn't that relevant for the movie.

[MGSFan22]

@EricGoule81 Towards the end of the movie, you have to buy the DVD version to see it though, they cut it out on youtube.

[EricGoule81]

@MGSFan22 When?

[MGSFan22]

@EricGoule81 Yes, he did.

[visionimagify]

@diuga1 He's right. He doesn't do love scenes with white women. JR was an exception.

[sucramnipp]

those dont count AT all. lets be real.

[Nomoredrama2000]

I don't think it was even scripted that he would sleep with her in that movie.

[diuga1]

I doubt that.