Stereotyping Ethnic Characters In Hollywood

A successful movie is decided by gross revenue of the movie. Most writers and directors base on the world 's histories, the reality society, and the favorite people 's style to make their successful movies. Indeed, the writers are responsible for writing the script. Once they have handed over the script that is pretty much the end of their creative involvement with the movie. The directors control film 's artistic and dramatic aspects, and visualizes the script while guiding the technical crew and actors in the fulfillment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, production design, and the creative aspects of filmmaking. Therefore, the writers and the directors are the most important people who make a successful movie. Even though, the writers and the directors are the main people who create the content of the film, they do not have a responsibility to avoid stereotyping ethnic characters in the movie because it is just the connection between the audiences and the actors or actress, it is the way to increase the business of filmmakers and the writers, and it is just the way to review the world 's history.

Reports show that Latinos are the most underrepresented ethnic group in film affected by stereotypical issues shown via pictures in our heads and through watching. I concur with this information as stereotype starts from a personal level, which is definite through meditation, this does not include all the negative traits portrayed by the out-group. Although we have some general stereotypical agreements within in-groups that cannot change. This stereotyping is evident in a case where a foreigner defines Bandido accurately while a (North) American will involve them with laziness, being dirty and all sorts of negativity on them. These findings make me feel that Latinos and Americans will always be contrary to their film industry.

The film industry’s portrayal of African American people consists of countless stereotypes and inaccuracies. These depictions lead to an innumerable amount of misrepresentations about the African American community. As the latest wave of black films begins to dawn, the clearer the images become of a collective people. Using my personal experiences as a mixed woman of color, as well as including my academic strengths and goals, and points of view regarding various black films, the content of this paper will examine the representation and stereotypes that can be seen in African American Hollywood.

I have chosen the issue of “miss/underrepresentation of minorities in American television and film.” As America has changed over the years to become much more accepting and inclusive, American media seems to be a bit behind. There are countless instances in which characters from a book or graphic novel has been white-washed once they make it to the big screen. Some may argue these choices are made because the actor is very strong at their craft or they are a star and will bring in the big bucks in theaters. While this may be true, it completely discredits not only the original art and meaning of the work but also the community of talented non-white artist in America. I want to delve deep into the reason this can be happening in a generally

is no law saying that every film involving cross-racial relationships has to make some kind of defining statement about racism or race-relations in general, but there should be a rule against painting such broad character strokes using painfully obvious and patronizing stereotypes.” (Mendelson’s Memos)

I will use four to five articles in my essay to show what roles Asian Americans get in the Hollywood movies. In general Asian Americans students are most academic achievers but when it comes to act in movies they are stereotyped and their English accent is used as foreign accent even thorough they are born American. I will give all the information that is used in media about Asian Americans. In the movie when a Caucasian movie star lies to be an Asian American. When the director know about that he is lying he is not an Asian he a Caucasian they start fighting and for the race. But he becomes a famous star in movies later on. After a while the director heard that his friend who is the Caucasian star’s girlfriend. He meets her and explains her and says, “I think he make you fool do you know he is not an Asian? He lied you for everything but she didn't listen and she starts arguing with his friend. Yellow face gives us a unique understanding of Asian stereotypes.

Consequently, racism in film industry could have some effect on the society. Racism is the reason why the writers and directors should have a social responsibility to avoid stereotyping ethnic

It is known that one of the industries that reflect a multitude of human stereotypes is in the cinema. Although this may be true, to some people it is not completely obvious; especially if the stereotyped individual in the film is different from the person watching. The 2009 remake of the movie Fame has numerous moments that represent mediated stereotypes between different races. Using examples from Ramirez-Berg in his piece, “Stereotypes in Film”, the stereotypes I recognized were much more clear. Additionally, cinematic devices such as scripting, costuming, and sound effects played a role when discussing oppressed populations (Ramirez Berg).

It is no secret that the overwhelming majority of the most popular and award-winning Hollywood films feature white characters, played by white actors in the lead roles. Lindsey Hopes' analysis on "whitewashing" in the media examines the extent to which the structural apparatus of the film industry hinders the opportunity for success for minorities. The analysis found that only nine percent of the highest grossing films between 2000 and 2011 featured minorities as their top-paid actor. (Hopes,19)

The argument I plan to use is a battle between ethnicities and the entertainment companies that is transparent to the naked eye in the 21st century, the argument I plan to use is: the media and film industries are required to portray each minority fairly without racially profiling any ethnicity but does not stay accountable to their word and actions. Throughout the generation, entertainment has been an activity which provides diversion and permits people to amuse themselves in their leisure time, provide fun, enjoyment, and laughter. From telling stories around the campfire, to stage-plays such as “Romeo and Juliet” and “Julius Caesar” preformed in front of monumental crowds that had brought overwhelming emotions and relaxation.

1. I like this because it has thesis statement, strong three supporting details, and reliable evidence. This essay is very effective that state his position strongly, “it is their social responsibility to avoid stereotyping ethnic characters because they are harming society by exploiting racial stereotypes, undermining ethnic groups, and the fact that they are very influential.” The writer express his opinion well in this essay, especially, I liked he used the statistic facts to provide the evidence of how much Hollywood is influential to people.

Furthermore, I focused on the problems and the actions that are being implemented to stop whitewashing. People of color deal with internalized racism, as well as other issues when it comes to their identities, whitewashing does nothing but causes more problems. Whitewashing is biased with actors/actresses of color because they never get important roles and their talent is hence wasted. On the other hand, some question the fact that if they can act well, why does it matter what race they are? Again, this is an issue of concern because if all races/ethnicities were represented equally in film, television, newspapers, and websites since the beginning this would not be a problem. Also, if all races and ethnicities for all roles were considered

For decades, one of the must use form of media is cinema. Cinema is not only a really appreciated entertainment and one of the biggest industry in present day, but also a really harmful media. One of the many problems associated with it is its influence over racism. De Cones’ book “Patterns of bias in Hollywood Movies” notably discusses prejudices in Hollywood. Racial boundaries, more particularly the Hispanic case, are also the focus of the books “Latino Images in Film” by Charles Ramírez De Berg and “The Hispanic Image in Hollywood” by Jorge J. De Barrueto, and the article “The Chicano/Hispanic Image in American Film” by Nimachia Hernandez. There is also Ross’ text “Politics in American film” which discusses how politic influences movies.

With recent controversy over the portrayal of minorities in film and Hollywood’s claimed whitewashing usage in current American film, individuals are starting to question why the continuation of whitewashing and controversial depictions of minorities still persist. It’s unbeknownst to these individuals how this pattern was created by U.S. Film in the 20th century. Film is worthy of study because cinema and all media is a form of communication. Film is a style of art and that art communicates to our society what we want it to. Motion pictures develop cultural norms, enforce societal standards, and because of this it can set ideals that are both good and positive. If film is way of learning and communicating, messages can be lost in translation,

Based on Dr. Ruiz’s lecture, he describes cultural capital according to Baert as, “Habitus involves a scheme of tendencies. These tendencies generate people’s practices, improvisations, attitudes, or bodily movements (Lecture, Ruiz, 02/23/2016). Cultural capital was evident in Cox’s article that exposes how predominately white the Academy Awards it. He addresses how white actors and often praised for their performances, whereas black actors are hardly recognized. Although, there has been recognition of black actors in the past, like Lupita Nyong’o, Morgan Freeman, Jamie Foxx, and Forest Whitaker, a cultural dominance of white claims the majority of the Oscars year after year. To further illustrate this point, Cox has exposed how some film directors and producers favor well-known white actors, even if the actor himself does not fit the role culturally. An example of this is Ridley Scott who casted a white actor in favor of “Mohammand so-and-so from such-and-such” (Cox, 2). This all falls back on who can generate the most revenue based on their film. However, there are some exceptions to this trend. Recent films such as Creed and Straight Outta Compton, which included predominately non-white actors, performed well at the box office. Whereas other films like Selma stood no chance next to those where high-profile white actors governed the scene.