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From this statistic we can see that 62% of all actors considered to be “gang members” are black. 61% of the “gangsters” are blacks, 60% of “gangbanger” and 66% of “thugs”.
According to the most recent statistics compiled by the National Gang Center, black people represent 35 percent of all gang members in America. Yet in Hollywood, they represent 64 percent of all onscreen gang members.
In summary, even though the reality of the gangsters is not dominated by blacks, in the American gangster movies, the gangs are still dominated by blacks. This is the stereotype of people in American gangster movies.
African American in Gangster Movies 