Boyz N the Hood: Dissecting Black American Tragedies

“One out of twenty-one black american males will be murdered in their lifetime. Most will die at the hands of another black male” (Singleton 1991). Boyz N the Hood was a crime,drama film from 1991. It was directed by John Singleton and the film consists of notable cast members such as Cuba Gooding JR. (as Tre Styles), Laurence Fishburne (as Furious Styles), Morris Chestnut (as Ricky Baker), and Ice Cube (as Doughboy). Boyz N the Hood revolves around Singleton’s view on the problems African Americans / blacks faced and how they chose to tackle them based on their influences. Inner Los Angeles had been known for its large gang activity involving minority groups at the time and was used as the setting for the film. This is seen in the story of

CRT also tries to finds ways to see how victims of systematic racism can represent themselves to counteract any common misconceptions on them. Boyz N the Hood is a cultural product that can be strongly analyzed by scholars studying CRT and tackle common question among the idea. This gives a bigger overview of what perspective people who are affected have and what really had a large influence on them. Also find those who are studying these social problems and what they want answered to solve these problems. Such questions include - How can we accurately reflect the experiences of victims of racism? - How does racism continue to function as a persistent force in American society? - Where, in what ways, and to what ends does race appear in dominant American culture and shape the ways we interact with one another?

.. We don’t bring that stuff in here, but you see it in the news when a black person sells that stuff. Why is there a gun store or a liquor store at every corner in the black community, and don’t see that stuff in places like beverly hills? They want us to kill ourselves as it is the best way for people to reproduce themselves” (1:05:00 Singleton 1991). This was explained by Tre’s father,