Pierre Delacroix Bamboozled Racial Stereotypes

The movie, “Bamboozled” is about the quick uprising and downfall of Pierre Delacroix, a television producer. Viewers follow the life of Delacroix as he tries to please the television network he works for. Delacroix seems to be opposed to low-class black people; he agrees with black stereotypes. His white boss has an understanding of black culture better than him. He speaks with a European accent, even though he is from New York. With all his efforts to be more “white”, people at his company still treat him differently. Delacroix decides he’s had enough and wants to get fired. He decides to create a minstrel blackface television show set in a watermelon patch on a plantation. Spike Lee feeds his audience with satire, scene after scene. He succeeds

Delacroix decides to pitch the most racist show imaginable; Mantan: The New Millennium Minstrel Show. Delacroix creates characters Mantan and Eat ‘N’ Sleep, dresses them up in blackface, and puts them on a watermelon plantation. He thinks that he will get fired, but the show becomes a huge success. The audience thinks they are connecting with black culture, but they’re really watching something that is exploiting. He expects the television network, CNS, to get bashed by the media for airing something so racist. Delacroix thinks the public would never accept a show of the

Almost every time he opens his mouth, he says something offensive. He thinks he likes black people and understands black culture. Dunwitty talks like he’s from the hood and proudly claims to be more black than Delacroix. While speaking to Delacroix, Dunwitty says, “You know, I grew up around black people my whole life. I mean, if the truth be told, I probably know niggas better than you.” to justify himself. He feels that he can use nigger because he is married to a black woman. He commissions programs that he thinks are pro black but are actually racist under the surface. He rejects Delacroix’s scripts for television shows that positively portray black people. Dunwitty is a stereotype because of his white privilege. He has power with his position as a Senior V.P OF entertainment at CNS. It’s his choice whether or not he portrays black people as good or bad. He can be responsible for encouraging the stereotypes, or he can break down of the misrepresentations of black people. He has control of what Americans view when they see the characters Mantan and Sleep ‘N’