User:Maskedjae/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Racism in early American film

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose this article because Hollywood has always been white dominated since the beginning and stereotypes of other ethnic groups have been there from the beginning. Noting what stereotypes were portrayed in the early 20th century is important for how some stereotypes still continue been shown in modern movies. My impression of it was that it was too short and limited to certain races. I also noticed that it only really has three categories and the use of "Asian" is very limited.

Evaluate the article
Racism in early Hollywood films is a long subject and the article is very lacking in details. For example, the Asian section deals with Chinese stereotypes and talks about Fu-Manchu, but does not go into further detail about other stereotypes that are common in East Asian portrayals (submissive, feminine, sneaky). The tone of the article also reads like a high school essay with phrases such as "basically" and "to Valentino's credit". Tone should be fixed to sound more professional and analytical.