other stuff..

Black Nationalism http://afgen.com/black_nationalist_theory.html
Classical Black Nationalist theory holds that blacks must unite, gain power, and liberate themselves. As these goals were being articulated by free blacks in antebellum America, blacks held in slavery were generating their own culture. But most free blacks did not understand that the development of an autonomous slave culture was a force that challenged white dominance, and the few who did failed to relate this development to liberation theory.

Stan Cohen (sociologist)
Stanley Cohen (2002): Folk Devils and moral panics: The creation of Mod’s and Rocker’s
- society's 'folk devils' - and the public and media reaction to them, More moral panics will be generated and other, as yet nameless, folk devils will be created...our society as presently structured will continue to generate problems for some if its members... and then condemn whatever solution these groups find.'
Moral panic refers to stories which are published in the media and make the majority of the public panic. This relates to Post 9/11 LA, where moral panics have been created involving certain minorities. i.e. when some americans switch on the news, and the reporter is reporting on another incident which many assume that a black person would be involved. This veiw is created by the moral panics that are within our society.

Gunnar Myrdal (economist)- An American Dilemma: The Negro Problem and Modern Democracy (1944).
The book was generally positive in its outlook on the future of race relations in America, taking the view that democracy would triumph over racism.
Below is an extract from his book:
"Ends and Means of Population Policy," P167
[T]here is no doubt that the overwhelming majority of white Americans desire that there be as few Negroes as possible in America. If the Negroes could be eliminated from America or greatly decreased in numbers, this would meet the whites' approval -- provided that it could be accomplished by means which are also approved. Correspondingly, an increase of the proportion of Negroes in the American population is commonly looked upon as undesirable.

Yet again this links to the District Attorney who is more worried about his political career (Modern Democracy) as he is car jacked by two black males, however he does not come across as racist, but does try to resolve this 'issue' with his aides.

Manthia Diawara (1993) – another theorist who’s work has been cited in books.
Black American Cinema

I have also looked at: blogs from last year to help me with research
http://getrich-ramneet.blogspot.com/
http://bilansblog.blogspot.com/

The blogs have been useful with information regarding theorists, books and websites which have been used