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Within Valerie Smith's portion of the the text Black Popular Culture, she makes the claim that African American filmmakers within the 1990's often find themselves determining whether something is fact or fiction. (Paraphrased from page 57)

On page 112 of the work Black Popular Culture, writing by Judith Wilson is incorporated. Wilson starts her portion of the text off by declaring that she wishes to connect the history of African Americans placing themselves in high Western art to African portrayals, along with sexuality in the main stream. (Paraphrased from the first sentence of page 112)

According to Michele Wallace within her portion of Black Popular Culture, the movie Boyz N the Hood attempted to take firm action against harm and dangers acts within the community, while the film New Jack City, created in the same year, did the exact opposite. (Paraphrased from page 123)

Later in Wallace's section of Black Popular Culture, she draws similarities between the films Boyz N the Hood and Jungle Fever. The comparison Wallace generates about both of these films is while both enticing sexually, they tend to put down the sexuality of African American women because it will taint the "straightness" of the African American men. (Paraphrased from 130)

Black popular culture is a culmination of ideals deriving from particular locations, media outlets, music, historical events, and everyday discourse.

Source: http://www.americanpopularculture.com/journal/articles/spring_2009/nelson.htm