Enslaved Africans separated, creating trauma and confusion, eventually bringing them together as a close-knit community when they were forced to learn the oppressor's language. “By possessing a shared language, blacks could find a way to make community and a means to create the political solidarity necessary to resist” (hooks, 170). Enslaved blacks took fragments of English and created a counter-language and put their words together in such a way that the oppressor had to rethink the meaning of the English language. “Because in the incorrect use of words, in the incorrect placement of works, there was a spirit of rebellion that claimed language as a place of resistance. Using English in a way that broke standard usage and meaning, so that whites often could not understand black speech, made English more than just the language of the oppressor” (hooks, 170) . With the black community, now defined by their language, having this sense of "us" and "them", black versus white, they now had something again that the white man didn't have and could in no way take from them. There is a connection between the broken English of displaced and enslaved Africans and the diverse black vernacular language used in the black community today, which allows for rebellion and resistance. Bell hooks states: “The power of this discourse is not simply to enable resistance to white supremacy, but also to create space for alternative cultural production and alternative epistemologies – different ways of thinking and knowing that were crucial to create a countertrend." -hegemonic vision of the world” (171). It's interesting to take a step back and analyze the contradictions we face in our society when it comes to language and culture; White Supremacist and Capitalist P...... middle of paper ...... the exposure blacks were able to see is limited. Therefore, they were represented only as musicians. Some of these short performances were well known. For example, "Symphony in Black" (1935) and "Jitterbug Party" (1934). Since blacks were allowed to play roles in bigger films, they were perceived with a negative connotation. They showed black women as abused and promiscuous jezebels. Men were perceived as thieves and slaves. These perspectives were instilled in the minds of society, because this was the only direction blacks were shown. Therefore, this created many different stereotypes about black people. In today's film, black people are still portrayed this way. In films like For Colored Women she shows representation and the tribulations that some people of color face. However, when society sees films like this, it is difficult for them not to believe these stereotypes.