"My Father was not there for me"

                Through out my childhood and until now I have seen lots of stereotypes, whether it was at school or just around my town. Stereotypes are portrayed in movies and through social media each and every day but sense everyone is use to them, no one really notices. Bits and piece of race and gender based stereotypes will be thrown in different movies every so often and people just laugh and giggle when they see it. Tatum talks about how blacks and other races seem to segregate themselves from each other and she also said that if the blacks gain achievements in their earlier years that they will want to continue to learn.

               In the movie Drumline, there are many scenes that I could explain about racism/gender and their stereotypes, but there was one scene that really caught my eye because I see it almost every day. The scene I am referring to is the scene right after Devin Miles graduates and leaves from his mother at the school to go to the subway to talk to his father. He arrives at the subway and slides a ticket to the guy inside of the ticket box. The guy sees it looks up at Devin and just stares at him. Devin begins to tell him how he has made it through high school without him and how he has got a full scholarship to the A&T College. After that, they stare at each other but Devin has an aggravated and is very tense while his dad has a sad and lost look on his face. This scene shows one of the biggest stereotypes based on race that is seen today. The fact that the “black boy” not having a dad is what is displayed in this scene. When you think of someone that does not have a daddy and is black, you think that he does poorly in school and that he would never make it to college. But in this scene it is twisting the stereotype to correct what it is causing. Devin is going to college and has made it through high school. College education would be considered impossible to someone like Devin. Since Devin does not have a father then Universities would give him more money to attend the school. It would open him up to more opportunities for college. Also, it can be gender based because people assume that a black female has a father but a black male does not. Why does it seem to appear this way? I do not see the difference, why can’t they both have dads? The media takes many stereotypes and places them all throughout movies and all over the internet. In his earlier years maybe he won some achievements and wanted to continue and he started to play the drums and he wanted to continue on. Tatum said that “In the black’s younger years if they gain some achievements then they probably continue to pursue something.