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This 5 page essay offer analysis of director Desmond Nakono's White Man's Burden, which premiered in 1995. Drawing on Marion Riggs' documentary "Ethnic Notions," the writer argues that the characterization of Louis Pinnock references the stereotype of the "Brute Negro." Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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over darker peoples so that those races can benefit from the supposed superiority of the white race. In other words, the phrase represents the epitome of Eurocentric racism. In director
Desmond Nakonos White Mans Burden, which premiered in 1995, the meaning of the phrase becomes distinctly different, as the White men portrayed in the film are truly under a burden,
the burden of racism, as the film presents a fictitious America in which Black culture is dominant and Whites are perceived as an underclass. The nature of power inequality
and racism in the film remains the same. Blacks are highly educated and live cultured, affluent lives and Whites live in slum communities and typically hold jobs as maids, butlers,
and blue-collar workers. Blacks consider Whites to be genetically inferior. As this suggests, this film simply reverses all racist stereotypes. Not all of the traditional racist stereotypes are evident in
the film because the point of the movie is to make the audience more aware of underlying racism that defines American culture. As Stephen Holden commented in his review of
the film for the New York Times, "...you can almost hear the sound of feet treading lightly on eggshells," as the filmmakers struggle to make their points concerning the injustices
of racism. However, viewing John Travoltas portrayal of Louis Pinnock through the stereotype of the "brute Negro," that is the stereotype that was propagated during the Reconstruction Era that
Negroes, having been freed from white domination, had reverted to savagery ("Ethnic Notions Transcript"). As one of the main concepts associated with this stereotype was the notion black men could
not contain their lust for white women and, therefore, constituted a discernible and tremendous threat to white society because of their inability to control their passions. The stereotype of the
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