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While I fully recognize that anything I write on this issue will be
deemed as originating from "White Privilege" by those who have fallen
into the trap of lazy intellectualism where it is easier to reject any
assertions that run contrary to the social justice party line it seems
in this time of Black Lives Matter that it would be apropos to look
back at what was good, bad, and worse with respect to the depictions
and exploitations of the US black world through the lenses of those
who for the most part created Blaxploitation.
Namely... Whitey.
I believe that the reality of Blaxploitation is that it represented
both a phenomena of recognizing that there was an emerging sub-culture
within America that was becoming more mainstream but also a means to
make a buck based on existing stereotypes. The reality of this genre
was that much like the original rap industry it was defined as a
'black thing' yet being funded and profited by white executives.
Were those that participated culturual traitors or merely artists and
revolutionaries attempting to have their voice and opinions heard in
an environment that for the most part limited the black experience to
very specific niches? Within these confines was it possible to
provide a message that would have otherwise been impossible to bring
forward to the mainstream public? Would the Wayans exist or wojuld
Spike Lee have been able to make Malcolm X had it not been for the
black actors/directors etc. who probably had to hold their noses to
bring these films to the screen?
Luckily for us they 'Did The Right Thing'.
So grab yourself a quart of Colt 45 and take the tarp off the Grey
1970's Caddy and start heading into the inner city. Huggy Bear will
meet us at the first intersection past the last gated community and
direct us to what was Hollywood's second, and not very politically
correct, major treatment of the American Black paradigm.
Might even be a movie or too posted along the way.
T.
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