Blaxploitation & Gangsta Films

I personally do not see huge differences between blaxploitation films and gangsta films (aside from their story lines, and perhaps musical choices), but their overall message is the same.  This is because both genres of films reinforce negative stereotypes about African Americans.  For example, in the reading by Christopher Sieving, the films discussed, Foxy Brown, Coffy, and Friday Foster, all emphasize Pamela Grier's womanhood (AKA her curves/body), while also exemplifying a violent lifestyle, and thus culture.  So, too, do gangsta films.  Gangsta films generally illustrate extreme violence in men, and extreme sexuality in women (i.e. the women are usually objectified and seen as a sexual object - which is what Pamela Grier's character portrayed in the aforementioned films.)  When violence is consistently shown of a culture on the silver screen, widespread beliefs begin to be formed in the mainstream mind about certain cultures (i.e. stereotypes).  There is a difference between exploiting a culture and informing about a culture.