Do The Right Thing

1. An accurate analysis of the film Wall Street as it relates to a post modernity society requires at a minimum the exploration of the earlier stages of capitalism. There were three stages of capitalism, which includes the current and final stage of post modernity, with a belief in objectivity. The first stage was early capitalism. Early capitalism, was actually the beginning of modernity where thee bulk of the labor force consisted of farm workers, and the focus was on selling, making a profit and reinvesting. The transition from this type of capitalism into middle capitalism occurred in 1790. This transition consisted of a change in the labor force which was now factory workers, who were responsible for making material things. The third
Prior to analyzing Do the Right Thing using the three elements of stratification as provided by Denzin, we must first define stratification and the three elements of social class, race and gender in their current form of existence. The United States, as a socially hierarchical structured society unambiguously and systematically perpetuates the differential and despair treatment of individuals and groups based on race, class and gender. Each of these three elements individually and collectively work in sustaining the system as it is in its current form. The only purpose these three elements serve are to separate and alienate those of lower socio economic, which then stagnates their social mobility. This type of system metaphorically represents a ladder where there are different levels. Just as at each step of the ladder there is greater access, it operates the same in the social stratification. At the top of the ladder are the most powerful and elites who have unlimited access based on their positioning, and as you go further down the ladder, the amount of power and social mobility are
The setting takes place in a multi-cultural ghetto of Brooklyn, New York. There is racial representation from the black, Latino and Italian perspective, but the bulk of the residents are black. There was no display of positivism as it relates to the black men. Some of the common stereotypes of black men, which include lazy, don’t work, abusers of drug and alcohol, and dead beat fathers were depicted in various scenes throughout the film. Several scenes of three black men hanging out on the corner, drinking, flirting with women and just bullshitting with one another. Lee also shows the racial divide among the people living there and the business owners, none of whom are black earning their living in the ghetto but none willing to live there. By day they conduct their business with various races, but at the end of the business day, they pack up and go back to their suburban neighborhoods. The scene at the Pizzeria between Sal and his oldest son, the son expresses his disgust and embarrassment for having a business there. He tells his father how his friends make fun of him, not for working in a family owned business, but for where the business is located. The film shows no customers in the pizzeria other than the blacks from the community, but there is no representation of them on the walls of the pizzeria, they are all Italians