This is true, when I bring up how I’m not interested in slavery, hood, or civil rights films I always get the answers “this is our culture” or “this is our history”. These types of images a lot of times are demeaning yet we say this is representation of us. Not to mention stereotypes, black people have grown so accustomed to seeing these things that we perpetuate them ourselves in film. I’ve seen so many films/tv shows that I’m shocked they were created by black people.
That’s my main complaint when it comes to black superheroes Black Panther, Luke Cage and Black Lightning have had lead roles in tv/film in this Golden Age Of Heroes and they all have the same underlying theme of social commentary. I think if there was variety amongst these stories it would be a lot more special based on what is presented rather than represented.