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Gender and Stereotypes

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My study on the stereotypes "Get Out" During near the opening scenes of “Get Out” where we are introduced to Chris, our main protagonist of the film, who is a black man living in the busy streets of a new York town, with the occupation of a photographer, with no indications of coming from wealth or possessing much of it in his current time. Chris has a partner, Rose, who is a white woman who is suggestively born into wealth as the audience then learn and discover that Rose wants Chris to visit her parents who live in a quiet, owned suburban lot, withholding the information that on the lot is a costly mansion like home. the stereotype of the black man being less wealthy, than the white woman, is displayed prominently throughout the movie. It is suggested that the stereotype of a “lower” black man vs a suburban white middle class family. In the film, from near 10 minutes in, Chris begins a phone call with his friend, who is a TSI agent. Chris' friend begins to exaggerate ab