What is the significance of the nude dancer in "Battle Royal"?

The
significance of the dancer is two-fold. First, she serves as a way to make the boys in the ring
even more uncomfortable than they already are. The white men have designed an event to make all
of the black characters feel small, unimportant, and less worthy as people. The nude woman
serves as a tool that the white men use to further dehumanize the boys; however, the nude woman
is also important at showing how the white men view anybody that isn't a
white man. The men do not see the nude woman as any more worthy of their
respect than they give the black boys in the ring. It is blatant sexual objectification on their
part. They have reduced the woman to nothing more than the sum of her feminine, attractive
parts. Her feelings do not matter to the men. Her thoughts do not matter. She is an attractive,
nude woman that...