The White family unit most often serves as the emotional anchor that grounds the movie. Consistent goal is the reunification or continued preservation of the core family unit.
1. 1) The
Affluent
While seldom seen working, mentioning or
speaking about money, this character always
seems to have plenty of it at their disposal.
2. 2) The
Family-Tied
The White family unit most often serves as the
emotional anchor that grounds the movie.
Consistent goal is the reunification or continued
preservation of the core family unit.
3. 3) The Hero Is almost always personified by a White male
and enjoys a status elevated far above your
run-of-the-mill protagonist.
Such a character frequently shoulders the
“White Man’s Burden” to save the world
4. 4) The
Intellectual
Inherently knowledgeable about anything and
everything. Built upon the assumption that the
character is, in fact, correct – and is almost
always validated by truth or facts.
Has the ability to “master” the “culture” of
others, often benefitting both the character and
the cultural “inhabitants.”
5. 5) The
Manipulator
The ability of a White character to reject their
circumstances at face value and manipulate or
change them to fit their personal needs.
6. 6) The
Romantic
The White male protagonist often “gets the girl”
at the movie’s conclusion as a “trophy” for his
accomplishments
7. Action and
Adventure –
casting
minorities
If a minority character takes the lead in such a
film, they are typically surrounded by White
characters in order to soften the larger
connective switch that majority White
audiences must make.
8. anchor the moral, political, and social orientation of a
character around which events in the movie
revolve
9. Audience
Participation
Nobody wants to take the blame for this
marginalization, but the one place we can
really see it is at the box office.
Ultimately, the audience is free to do what it
wants. It is unlikely anyone is taking time to be
“racist” when picking a film to watch.