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Ethnic Notions is Marlon Riggs' Emmy-winning documentary that takes viewers on a disturbing voyage through American history, tracing for the first time the deep-rooted stereotypes which have fueled anti-black prejudice. Through these images we can begin to understand the evolution of racial consciousness in America. Loyal Toms, carefree Sambos, faithful Mammies, grinning Coons, savage Brutes, and wide-eyed Pickaninnies roll across the screen in cartoons, feature films, popular songs, minstrel shows, advertisements, folklore, household artifacts, even children's rhymes. These dehumanizing caricatures permeated popular culture from the 1820s to the Civil Rights period and implanted themselves deep in the American psyche. Narration by Esther Rolle and commentary by respected scholars shed light on the origins and devastating consequences of this 150 yearlong parade of bigotry. Ethnic Notions situates each stereotype historically in white society's shifting needs to justify racist ...
不错。Touched base on several different racial concepts, 从殖民时期以来发展到现在，近乎所有历史上白人殖民者对于黑人群体所抱持的负面刻板印象/negative stereotypes在此片中都被提及到了，包括所谓的“blackface ministrel”舞台戏剧表演，来自殖民时期无忧无虑的快乐黑奴Sambo亦或者是对白人殖民者主人无比忠诚忠贞鞠躬尽瘁任劳任怨乃至到了敢于奉献牺牲自我地步的Uncle Tom形象（出处来自大名鼎鼎的19世纪美国小说《汤姆叔叔的小屋》）等等etc，并且与此同时深度探讨了这些深植于文化根基中的因素所带来以及造成的潜移默化/subtly covert之负面impact and/or influence。四星：☆☆☆☆
弥足疏漏
很好的把美国社会主流流行文化之中的黑人形象演变史做了一个很好的梳理，从野蛮人到只会跳舞的人，从黑人被剥夺了饰演自己的机会到只能饰演残忍暴力的角色，黑人在主流文化的形象一直被剥夺了人性。这种持续了上百年的文化洗脑让大众的某些种族主义观念根深蒂固，甚至连黑人自己都浑然不觉。片子讲的很有条理，发人深省，是个很好的学习美国种族主义的材料。
对针对黑人的种族主义在美国社会的多个方面的发展演变都有所涉及，尤其在民俗艺术方面的内容很有趣，如果选取资料和采访范围更广一些就好了。
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可怕
很好的把黑人的各时间段的stereotype梳理了一遍
从一些常见的影像人物入手，分析美国种族意识演变过程，涉及广告、电影、动画片、歌曲、家用品，甚至童谣。
It is not disgrace to be a black man, but it is terribly inconvenient. Black is ugly, savage(uncivilized), happy servant, with a big smile. 那些黑脸白嘴唇的演员，那些流行文化/娱乐（甚至是兔斯基动画）中对于黑人形象的扭曲，都是种族歧视的根源 Chris
omg this is so real back in the 40s.