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Paper #067125 :: Studies in Struggle
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A contrast between the movies "Boyz N the Hood" and "New Jersey Drive".

Written in 2006; 1,450 words; 7 sources; MLA; $ 48.95

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This paper reviews, compares and contrasts the 1991 film "Boyz N the Hood", directed by John Singleton and the 1995 Nick Gomez film, "New Jersey Drive". The paper begins by summarizing the themes of "Boyz": the often unspoken battles between Afro-Centrism and assimilation; between action and resignation; between scholars and gangsters. According to the paper, Singleton's formula was so successful that it spawned dozens of similar films, including Gomez's "New Jersey Drive." The paper compares and contrasts each movie's treatment of racism and the struggle for the black characters in -- and against -- a white-dominated society. The paper also explores how each film treats the issues of urbanization and gang affiliation.

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"New Jersey Drive" is far less subtle in its definitions of "oppressor" and "other." Nearly all the police officers in the film are white, and many display overtly violent and racist tactics toward the black youths on which the film focuses, One exception is a black officer who, when asked if he knows a young prisoner's identity, ironically replies with a staple racist remark; "Who knows... I can't tell them apart." Clearly, in the ghetto Nick Gomez paints, racism and white supremacy are the root causes of tension. In "Boyz N the Hood," the tension (while still palatable) is less racial, and more ideological. Returning to the classroom scene, one young, black student responds to Tre's Afrocentric lesson on the origins of Man by quipping, "I ain't from Africa, I'm from Crenshaw Mafia." This simple statement sets up one of the films most prevalent themes; the tension, the direct opposition between racial identity (Afrocentrism), and loss of that identity (gang affiliation) (Boyd, 347)."

Tags: gangs black African American police cops gangsters afrocentrism

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