Representing Social Groups

Representation of Black Males

• Appear as criminals
• Hooded thugs, stereotypical youth
• Begins by conforming to forms and conventions and then challenges them.
• Ends as the victim, challenge to forms and conventions

representation of White Males

• Appear as an authority figure (Cop)
• Again conforms to forms and conventions then challenges them.
• Turns into an Anti-hero.
• Represented as a murderer.

Summary

• Characters begin by following crime genre forms and conventions.
• Representation is flipped to represent each character as it's opposite.
• Black male who is represented as a criminal becomes a victim.
• White male who is represented as a cop becomes a criminal.