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Black Popular Culture "Gina Dent". Work

On page 42 The author talks about Americans and more so African Americans using images of "comfort, violence, femininity, etc..." To create a false hope that this is their way of life when living in poverty ridden areas. These images create a process of not moving forward and allow the threat of keeping the Black man/woman down. I think this couldn't be more spot on. The way people are disillusioned is by figuring out what they hold true is a lie. A book by Daniel Boorstin called "The Image," warns us about the way images can create a false reality within our own lives. This to me is what the author is specifying in this quote.

On page 13 the author concludes that African Americans want power over what is being presented through our own imagery. The quote," Why is it important the distinction? Ultimately, its about the power over the image." Meaning people of color are just trying to see people who like them through their own imagery and not the societal norm of the other. Through critiques of leading women of color or black men always being the joke of the film, I believe the use of creating our own would be smart. There's no way to want more for one self if that self keeps neglecting on bettering there selves