The Black Image

The Black Image The NAACP recently complained about the lack of racially diverse shows on the major television networks, and the limited roles for African Americans on television. The movie Bamboozled is a social satire on TV’s seemingly racist practices. It is also a social commentary on how media works to fuel popular culture. Spike Lee in this movie is, as he said in his own words, making a “satire of the history of …

…humanities class. The movie along with the class focused in on stereotyping as a form of dehumanization, following along in a situation or stepping out of it, drinking the kool-aid or not, and losing of one’s self identity because of the situations you are put into in life. I believe this movie to be an almost culmination of things I have learned about this semester. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** all quotes from the DVD of Bamboozled