[Northern Monkey]

Originally Posted by alex_front2

But I do think a very large minority of white people do see black people as different to whites and as ghetto and trashy. Loads of white people are surprised at X black person is educated " oh, he's really articulate ". I went to the theatre with 2 black pals last year to see Chekhov's Uncle Vanya and these 2 white women were talking in native German to each other and said something like " the blacks are watching Chekhov, I'd thought you'd be at at a rap concert".

Black people are depicted in media as trashy and when a black person does something positive or elegant the fact the person is black is swept under carpet. Person commits as crime...they are black. Black Person saves someone's life...they are a person.

Black people are only depicted in Hollywood as slaves, civil rights causes, racial victims, sports people, sidekicks to ehite characters, rap musicians. Reinforcing a ghetto stereotype which is why people are shocked when Harry Potter's Hermione as an adult casts a black actress as some white people can't envisage a black person being like a white person.

Er Samuel L Jackson,Wesley Snipes,Eddy Murphy,Danny Glover,Will Smith.....The list goes on.All main characters/heroes etc