Post-colonialism: final blog tasks

Post-colonialism: final blog tasks

1.) Alvarado - talks about the specific representations of the black community, divided into - 'pitied', 'humorous', 'dangerous', and 'exotic'.

Fanon - talks about the derogatory side that categorises the black community, such as primitivilizes, infantilizes, essentializes, and dehumanizes. 

Said - talks about the division between The West and The East.

2.) 

Right from the beginning, we see a derogatory insult spray painted "Paki" on the outside of a garage where followers of Islam would come to chant and say their prayers. Of course this is a demonstration of the clashing between the east and the west, as Edward Said mentions quite frequently. Then there is Yasmin who removes her religious attire and dresses casual before going out, and this just signifies how much even the way in how the Muslim community looks can be discriminated and be victim to prejudicism. 

3.) Alvarado - 

According to Alvarado, the representation here could be exotic as there are expensive jewellery, venues, and expensive drugs involved. 

According to Alvarado, the representation here could be dangerous, given that the video includes Mac-10's, AK-47's, USP-45's, etc, weapons that connote anti-social behaviour. 

According to Alavarado, the representaton here is humorous, given there are compilations of "funny black people" scattered around YouTube.

Fanon - 

Essentializes the young teenagers of Britain for being involved in the London Riots 2011, even though they weren't involved.

Controversially seen to be a racist KFC advert, the black community is seen to stereotypically be at frenzy when they see fried chicken, and as a result dehumanizes them.

Primitivilizes the black community as they're stereotypically known to have a strong prowess in sports.

Said - 

Not specifically this scene, but in general, United-93 is a predominant demonstration of the west and east's feud with each other. The identification of the hijackers speaking in presumably Arabic language puts it's name in bad light.

Citizen Khan is a perfect example of the merging between the east and the west.