.... idk

Watch this first....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YszYwOyAfw



Mixed race identity in the U.S media is usually someone light skinned "yellow" , with features that cannot be placed in the stereotypical looks of any category as seen in the film by Vin Diesel. Actors who play mixed race characters in film might not actually be mixed they could just be African- American, Hispanics etc. I think that the transcendence of race in the film was gone very well we see him in a white beater with blacks slacks , and a hat without the accent, mannerism that are all stereotyped and assumed of Italians we see that he is fitting into the Italian American stereotype. At the next audition he put in a earring and baggy shirt and he plays the role of a African American in both auditions he is told your too light, I wonder what the darker men were told your too dark ?Looking for darker, his to light ?that makes me think of black face/ minstrel showsWhat really got me thinking was the use of the term "Wesley" type...I think that's really sad that they've categorized his skin color, making him sound like crayon color.I think that film makers then and now chose darker skinned people to pay the token role. To make it easier to point out racial groups in the media.Its seems like setting with film now with minorities there in little houses in a "rough" neighborhood working class. Or they re rich and have a nice house and car that they got by working for the man. The white man? If they live in these nice houses and such they're friends are portrayed as white and example of this is seen in the Tommy ads.