Détournement: Bay Area Video Coalition (2012). 'The Usual Suspects: Black Men in Black Hoodies'
https://www.youtube.com/embed/MpI6dp83EbA
Quote: "In this remix video we are trying to raise awareness about how the local nightly news talks about young black men like Trayvon Martin.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trayvon_Martin These type of vague yet ominous sounding suspect descriptions helps reinforced preexisting negative social stereotypes of young black men as all being 'dangerous', 'scary' or 'criminals'. We found these local news clips by searching for the terms 'black male' and 'black hoodie' on via Internet Archive's TV news database" (Bay Area Video Coalition, 2013). https://www.youtube.com/embed/MpI6dp83EbA Further: https://thevideoessay.com/work Concept: 'Area Man' (Oremus, W. (2012). https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/what-is-an-area-man-or-area-woman.2534374/ Bibliography: Navas, E., Gallagher, O. and burrough, xtine (2025). 'The Routledge Companion to Remix Studies'. Routledge. doi:https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003402459. https://www.academia.edu/128486510/The_Routledge_Companion_to_Remix_Studies_2nd_Edition_2025_ Bay Area Video Coalition (2013). 'The Usual Suspects: Black Men in Black Hoodies - TV News and Trayvon Martin Remix'. [online] YouTube. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpI6dp83EbA [Accessed 12 Jan. 2026]. Hubbard, Juliana. (2022). 'The Perpetuation of Criminalization: The Appearance of Black Criminalization in Fictional Movies'. https://jstor.org/stable/community.32506330 Alinor, M., & Tinkler, J. (2021). 'TAKE OFF YOUR HOODIE: Assessing How Professional Attire Influences the Perception of Black Men as Threatening'. Du Bois Review : Social Science Research on Race, 18(1), 97–117. https://www.doi.org/10.1017/S1742058X21000072 'Area Man Consults Internet Whenever Possible'. (2000, January 26). The Onion. https://theonion.com/area-man-consults-internet-whenever-possible-1819565463/ Oremus, W. (2012, November 27). In 2000, The Onion Made Fun of 'Area Man' For Looking Things Up on the Internet. Slate Magazine. https://slate.com/technology/2012/11/the-onion-internet-parody-area-man-was-just-ahead-of-his-time.html
