Topic > Brown Vs Board Movies: Racial Prejudices and Stereotypes

The film "White Chicks" directed by Keenen Ivory Wayans is about two African-American FBI agent brothers who are forced to escort a pair of Caucasian socialite sisters to the Hamptons. However, as the main mission of escorting the Wilson sisters goes awry, the two FBI agents are left with no choice but to disguise themselves as heiresses, transforming from two African-American males into a pair of white, blonde women. This film stereotypes Caucasian women as fake, senseless, spoiled, and rich, and given the circumstances, not all of them engage in such activities. The film "Friday" directed by F. Gary Gray is about two African American friends who hang out on the porch all Friday afternoon living urban life as they know it. This film stereotypes African Americans as living a distressing lifestyle filled with crack cocaine and shootings. The film "Boyz N the Hood" directed by John Singleton depicts how a young teenager moves with his strong-willed father to a rough neighborhood in South Central Los Angeles, while his two friends are easily drawn into the roaring drug culture and of the neighborhood gangs. , with increasingly heartbreaking consequences. The films "Friday" and "Boyz N the Hood" are set in a rough area of ​​the city, mostly considered "ghetto". The characters portrayed in these films are under the use of illegal drugs, employed in illegal jobs and some are involved in any kind of criminal activity. They speak more inappropriate slang rather than correct English. These types of stereotypical characteristics describe African Americans as ridiculous, lethargic, drug dealing, and just plain no good. While, compared to “White Chicks”, there is little to almost no use of illegal drugs, illegal work and only the antagonist is relevant to criminal activity. Movies like “Friday” and “Boyz N the Hood” compared to the show “White Chicks".