Stereotypes In Elie Wiesel's The Night Of

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chanting in an African language. In a later episode Adebisi forces another white male inmate to dress as a women and strip for him; this also harkens back to the old stereotype albeit with homosexual overtones. One of the most blatant uses of the black buck archetype is when Adebisi falls in love and become obsessed with Shirley Bellinger , a white woman who is being housed in administrative segregation. The two exchange pornographic letters with one another, upon meeting Adebiss exposes himself to Bellinger and demands oral sex, she refuses because he is black. The rejection triggers a violent response from Adebisi which gets him thrown in solitary confinement. It is important to note that Adebisi The Night Of is a miniseries which