Black Masculinity In King Kong

“Oh my gosh! you’re so pretty for a black girl.” “You’re black so I know you can twerk.” In society these phrases may be considered as compliments for black women even though they are not. However, people only know what the media portrays black women to be. It emphasizes them as ghetto, loud, angry, and ignorant. Black women are more than the negative stigma that the media portrays. In our society, the media reinforces the plague of African American women by stereotypes and falsities originating from slavery. For young African American women, the majority of media portrayal, especially in music and film, is of a bulumpcious, sexually hyperactive golddigger. This negative image of a black women is damaging to the black community by implying

The prison industrial complex and police not be punished for the actions that they make are the most growing concerns of the safety of the Black man in America. The United States and Blacks in America are known to not have a great relationship historically. Racism and the power of money has made the prison industrial complex grow into the monster it has today. While Corporations like Mcdonald’s and Walmart profit from the prison Industrial Complex, the prison system continues to have the wrong values. Prisons are now being for profit instead of rehabilitation and the people who are being effects the most are poor Black men.

One case of police brutality and profiling is the incidents that happen to Dr. the According to Robert Staples, “Gates’s assertion that he was mistreated because he was black is historically accurate, as whites and blacks have had different historical experiences within the criminal justice system.” For an extensive period of time, the criminal justice system did not offer protection to African-American.

Speaking of police brutality, quite recently, there's been a case of the shooting of an Australian white woman in Minneapolis. There's been a great outcry at the difference of coverage based on this woman and many black men who faced similar fates at the hands of police officers. News outlets immediately picked at the fact that the officer who killed the woman was a Somali black man. Additionally, action was taken just days following the shooting: the police chief was forced to resign. Though this was incredibly unfortunate and absolutely should not have happened to this woman, the rapid pace at which consequences were given out differs from several recent police brutality cases of black men; some cases of which took months to force a police

Classic stories remain a classic because they convey a message which appeals to people of multiple generations despite changes in society. King Kong was released in print in 1932, a year prior to its release in Hollywood, as a part of the film’s advance marketing. The public of this generation easily accepted the story’s racist, colonialist, and sexist themes. Today, literary critics such as Cynthia Erb view the novel and film as representation of the early 30s and thus a resource to understand the cultural context of the times. In particular, King Kong provides a window through which a modern audience can understand and interpret racism of the 1930s.

highly uneducated, irresponsible, and aggressive. Under these circumstances, the development of a black mans identity deteriorates, his self-worth, his image, and his history are gone. Consequently, leaving the only thing left to grasp is the portrayed image of the black male, a nigger. This is the struggle the

People can be influenced by the media in many ways. When you turn on the news, most likely a shocking crime is flashing across the screen. These crimes can be identified as a “black male” or Caucasian female”. The news can put a figure onto someone’s mind that a certain type of person whether their race, gender or religion is bad or dangerous.

Inefficient policing resulting from the high tensions between law enforcement and minority races has called the issue of racial profiling and corruption within the American justice system to national attention. Many citizens now demand an end to the improper treatment and wrongful deaths of people of color on the basis that all races should be treated equally by law enforcement officials.

African American males are disproportionately the victims of police brutality, compared to their white counterparts in the American society. Due to race. Although racism does not exist, race still plays the factor in the everyday life of an African American male. Recent events in America have given citizens of the United States reason to suspect that extreme force is often unleashed on African American males. When going back and looking at the police cases, the use of extreme force is tragically displayed by the death of many African American citizens. A recent example can be found in the case of Charly Keunang. He was a homeless man who was shot and killed by the LAPD in the streets of Los Angeles. Another incident involved Michael Brown, an African American

One might bring up the fact that it is just a few police officers who act with inappropriate force. Yet those few acts have been against a majority of black people and on top of that these acts have been constant . Imagine having to repeatedly see the police beat up or even kill someone who

As I have read the two articles of Chaney and Robertson, and Yancy and Butler, it demonstrates that mostly black men and women particularly Africans are the most victim of the brutality by the police in America. The reasons behind this situation is all about race. The results are the racism and discrimination against blacks. There are a lot of instances that unarmed black men and women see as a threat by the police. In other words, it shows that blacks are dangerous and threats. However, having white skin did not see as a threat even if they did something suspicious. Chaney and Robertson states an example of an incident of Rodney King who was beaten by members of LAPD or Los Angeles Police Department. Then, because of this incident, many people

My friend did not expect the police to handcuff him outside of his house in front of his neighbors. He did nothing wrong--an hour earlier he had called 911 to report that someone had broken into his shed and stolen a lawn mower. Yet when the police finally showed up to investigate, they immediately suspected the perpetrator was him. This grievous act was made very obviously due to the fact that my friend is an African American male. The scene of people of color being subjected to bias from law enforcement is unfortunately very common. There are many books and movies that expose this prejudice, including the book Just Mercy. Brian Stevenson, the author, asserts in his book Just Mercy that the race of an individual has the most impact on how he/she is treated within the criminal justice system.

The book “Beauty Beast” states black male characteristics of being innately savage, animalistic, destructive, and criminal (Smith,1893). In modern day society, one might see young black men fighting each other and fighting police. In the novel Red Rock the black male was lynch for “Terrible Crime” which was raping a white women (Fredrickson, 1971). One of the biggest Brutes you will ever hear about is King Kong. This tells the story of a black ape taken from Africa who was shipped to America and made into a show monkey. He eventually breaks free and goes on a rampage. He abducts a white women and carries her up the Empire State Building and is shot down and killed just like the man in the Red Rock. King Kong feeds into all the colonial hysteria about black hyper-sexuality. (McKenzie, 2005) Many interpret the story of King Kong as racist because it tells the story of a black ape who falls in love with a willowy white

Police brutality towards the citizens is a big issue especially young black men. (Baum)There is a

A good movie can either be captivating or thrilling depending on the plot of the movie. Like the thrill of a rollercoaster, so is the thrill that comes from watching the King Kong movie. It is both captivating as well as intriguing in the sense that it provides rich thematic presence and sceneries. In this paper, the learner will take a look at the King Kong movie from a critical perspective to deduce whether the movie really should be living up to its fame.