Motion Pictures and TV shows on the subject are one thing I was more interested in what actually goes on if at all, Motion Pictures and TV shows offer in my view a not vary deterministic view of what is reality. My inquire steams from an interest in socio-anthropological study of social sub-cultures within North America and how they fit within the more complex whole of society in general.
Motion Pictures and TV Shows are the only means by which some people get to know a place but a student of humanity can not use these as their only source as they offer a limited view of the more complex whole.
What I was looking for was the social attitudes towards various social sub-cultures and the inter-dynamic relationships between them and any shift in attitudes toward them over time.
I understand that what people see on TV and in Motion Pictures is of limited value but dose offer some incites into certain prevailing social idioms, attitudes and trends from decade to decade and are of use in that regard.
Stereotypes are an unfortunate consequence of misconceptions that have populated them selfs into the mainstream I do not like using them as they are dangerous and history has shown this time and again when they are used as means to unjust ends; however my research calls for me to do just this at this time.
Motion Pictures are fine for what they are and I will close by saying that you can cannot really understand a place unless your born of its people and I also understand that there is so much to learn but we only live for a short while then we're gone. As they used to say in Hollywood "Thats not life...Thats Entertainment ".
Regards to you.
Cyber-Angel