ks. The only theory that could explain the actions of this all-weather bigot is that of attribution theory. This is supported by his actions even though Rubin Carter was cleaning up his act he refused to see that and he let his stereotypical views take over. Even knowing that the prejudice cops seen white people do the same thing that the blacks were doing they would make up excuses for why it was all right for them to do it. This is what is called the ultimate attribution error. The portrayal of the principles of ethnic relations was considered to be accurate for that time of the 1960’s. Economic inequality was not something that was unusual for the African American culture. They were concentrated in the slums and ghettos were opportunity was not something they had a lot of. The other principles like discrimination, prejudice, and stereotypes like that portrayed in this movie was much like the real life that African Americans had to live in, and even still do just not as extreme as in the 60’ and in years before. So as disturbing as it maybe this video did a good job at portraying the principles analyzed in this time frame. ...
