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Review: A new edition of the classic study with 150,000 copies sold. Completely updated to include the entire twentieth century, this new fourth edition covers all the latest directors, stars, and films including 'Summer of Sam', 'Jackie Brown', 'The Best Man', and 'The Hurricane'. From 'The Birth of a Nation' - and 'Gone with the Wind' to the Latest work by Spike Lee, John Singleton, Denzel Washington, and Will Smith, Donald Bogle reveals the ways in which the depiction of blacks in American movies has changed - and the shocking ways in which it has remained the same.
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Summary: Why Title a Book with NickNames that Racist Whites Gave Us!
Review: I love my black entertainers, I love the way these women shaped entertainment, and how they pathed the way for today's black stars. But come on why why would you call a book TOM,S COONS, MULATTOES, MAMMIES, AND BUCKS. Names we detested, nicknames whites gave us because they thought were stupid. But there's has to be a better book written, all he does throughout the book to me is make racist/bigot comments. He's a black man, but he sounds worse then a white person making bigot comments. All throughout the book he talks about, "Awww, because she's mulatto she drinked, oh, she did this because she was dark, she smoked, she dated bad men, oh because she was mulatto or because she was light she had a rough life, skin-color is no reason to drink and smoke, and do bad things, I know racism hurted people. But that's not a reason to do bad things. He acts like because a person was light-complected, nothing bad should of happen to them, but if their dark, he acts like the bad things should of happen. I don't care if you light, brown or dark, we're all black, we've all faced racism, we don't like it if whites think their better, because their lighter, so why should lights be better then the darker ones. Blacks need to learn how to get along first, before we stop whites from being racist. You have to understand, you found very few black truly proud of their race back then. There was no role models aying "HEY I'M BLACK AND I'M PROUD, OR BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL. Role models in those eras were just being made. So we believed back then, what whites thought was beauty, being close to their color, and now its still in the black race and some blacks still believe it after all we overcame. Blacks back then couldn't look back and be proud, now we can. If whites didn't give blacks a chance in entertainment, then that's their lose. If you read the Fredi Washington chapter, about a black woman who was light enough to pass for white, white producers and Hollywood urged her to pass, they promised her a great future, she could of been like Kay Francis, Jean Harlow, Myrna Loy, Joan Crawford, but she didn't pass, because she was proud, she had guts, because in the 1920s and 1930s if you were light enough to pass you did it, she didn't, he writes like he wish she would of passed or something. Or in the other chapters, he doesn't tell why some actresses and entertainers didn't go far, but he uses skin color as an excuse because he really doesn't know. Like for my favorite Nina Mae McKinney, if you look at her, you'll wonder why she didn't make it, I wondered for years, and if you read his book, you'll think because of her skin-color she didn't go far, she didn't go far because of her I'm sorry to say, bad attitude, she lost a lot of jobs because of it, she could be remembered more like Lena Horne and others if it wasn't for that. He also acts like he scared to call a dark-complected, or a brown woman beautiful. A white person could write a better book then this. I understand race had a lot to do with being in entertainment back then, but don't use it as an excuse and don't use it now. I'm sure I can speak for all of us that we want to hear, What type of people were they? Tell us about their career? Their ups and downs? Their later years? All he talks about his skin-color half through the book, we know how it was back then, we want to hear happy stuff. I hope someone come and write a better book, I might just have to do it. I wouldn't recommend this book, but I would recommend it for the pictures, there's some nice pictures in this book. This author also wrote another book called coons and mulattos and mammies, which I think is very stupid, using the names racist whites gave us in slavery. All I have to say is black is beautiful, beauty comes in all complexion, God isn't wrong, he has a reason for everything. We're all God's children. Keep an eye out on my book.
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Summary: An excellent tool for teaching about race in America.
Review: I use this book as a supplemental text for my classes in psychology. It is accessible reading, and carefully focussed. My students are able to use the stereotypes presented in the book to dissect how African Americans are portrayed in American film, historically and in the present.
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Summary: This book is informative.
Review: This book gives a good interpretation of African- Americans in film, as well as what it is and was like to not only be black in the filmworld, but black in America as well. It doesn't go heavily into the political, for those that are squrmish about such this, but it does examin both the onscreen performances and the offscreen realities. Overall, it is an intelligent book that is interesting to read.
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Summary: very important book
Review: this book is a must for all.never mind that folks try to say that tv or entertainment doesn't matter.that's b s. cuz the images of african-americans from the film world,sports world&music world have left a lasting impact.and lets be honest what other race of people have been emulated,influential&scorned all at once from a visual image? this book speaks volumes of african-american history from the silent film era to now.and though there has been progress we still have a long ways to go.cuz the title of the book is still very much alive in hollywood&america.preception that is hasn't gone away.it is still reflected in some folks mind of rap music.the use of put down terms among rappers&folk out on the streets is reflected heavily in this book.which is a sad commentary.but this book is survial and the costs that were made to pave the way for future generations.
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Summary: Bogle Puts Out Another Fascinating Read
Review: This book is an excellent history lesson about African-Americans in feature films. Mr. Bogle explores the images that were put out in the past, and explains the social thoughts and attitudes that brought them about. The title refers mainly to the type of roles African-Americans had in films, esp. those that were produced in the 1920's, 1930's, 1940's and 1950's.
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Summary: Bogle Puts Out Another Fascinating Read
Review: This book is an excellent history lesson about African-Americans in feature films. Mr. Bogle explores the images that were put out in the past, and explains the social thoughts and attitudes that brought them about. The title refers mainly to the type of roles African-Americans had in films, esp. those that were produced in the 1920's, 1930's, 1940's and 1950's.
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Summary: It's a history of African Americans in films
Review: This book is very interesting and valuable. Mr. Bogle is one of the authorities on African Americans in films. He put a lot of examples in his book. Toms, Coons, Mulattoes, Mammies, and Bucks, all images in American films, are history of the race and culture in the U.S.
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Summary: It's a history of African Americans in films
Review: This book is very interesting and valuable. Mr. Bogle is one of the authorities on African Americans in films. He put a lot of examples in his book. Toms, Coons, Mulattoes, Mammies, and Bucks, all images in American films, are history of the race and culture in the U.S.
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Summary: Why Can't He Just Talk About The Talent
Review: We owe a lot to Donald Bogle for his specialities in Black Movie History. But, I'm getting sick and tried of his writing about skin color. I wish he would just talk about talent and their lives. Calling these women "Tragic Mulattos" isnt' telling us anything. These women didn't think of themselves as Tragic or Mulattos. It's like he wants them to be remembered that way. These women knew they wouldn't have much success in Hollywood and they knew it would be racism. They enjoyed the few things they did do. It wasn't racism that held these women back, a lot of times it was their own race and by being a woman is what held them back. Nina Mae McKinney who's a relative of mine is degraded by Mr. Bogle. He doesn't know what to write about her, so he writes "Oh, she was a mulatto, she was too light, she was the screen's first victim." Nina Mae wasn't any of that. Hopefully my book on her and a few others with tell the true story. Yes, Mr. Bogle introduced the world to Black Entertainment History but he's making these talented people be remembered the wrong way. You don't see white people writing about their people, the way he does. For instance, you don't see white people writing "Blondes are better, then red-heads, the brunettes are smarter"- you get what i mean? Susan Hayward had irish in her, you don't see the author referring to that throughout the whole book. Rita Hayworth was Spanish. Books that have been written on her doesn't spend the whole book talking about her being Spanish. It talks about her life and introduce the public to her. Mr. Bogle spends too much time on skin color- he makes it look as though skin color is the reason for every bad thing in their life.
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