The represenation of black youth is portrayed by the stereotypical idea of street crime with youth's. The features of the film mainly consists of violence, drugs and sex. The film is based in a typical rough london estate where the film begins with an introduction to the characters in school. The flm then follows some disturbing images as a young white girl is being bullied by a group of black girls for being a virgin. She then later hangs herself and the film then conceeds with the following day. The film is then centred through the whole day as the school is closed with respect for the girl which then follows the three characters who have some sort of black ethnicity some greater then others.
The dialogue used by the characters shows regional traits as the use of slang and lexical choice confides with their familiar london context. Terms such as 'blud', 'merk' and 'chattin' are commonly used by each of the characters.
The stereotypes are presented with the idea of ironcly a black cab will not stop for a black man, a theory said to the taxi driver after several taxis ignore him. Another stereotype is shown as the boys enter a shop already wearing a cap, however they innocently stroll over to the hat stand and browse the latest merchandise. The security guard then claims that one of the boy has stolen the cap he came in with and threatens to call the police.
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