ABSTRACT
This chapter demonstrates how the assumptions of film reviewers are driven by the dominant racial ideologies of the times, which in turn affect their interpretations of racialized films. The theme of racial clichs fits well within the racial logic of multiculturalism, wherein racial inclusion is seen as more important than the racial messages that a film may be portraying. Throughout the data, ideas of racial progress were present by legitimizing racialized movies as products of the past or as pure fiction. Additionally, reviewers also embraced the presence of racial stereotypes and racist jokes in films as emblematic of society's progress with race. Racial tensions and racial inequality are viewed as inexistent in the United States, thus racialized films cannot be interpreted as being about race. The chapter encounters the data stems from ideas of racial inequality as a part of the historical past.
