I mean from today's point of view it just seemed like a generic cop movie. Sure, there were a few undertones of racism, and the main character was black, but there was nothing particularly exploitation about it; no gratuitous sex or violence. Plus it had a solid script; it was funny, and the characters were likable. I thought it was great.
-- Exeunt the Wolfe --
It barely seems like a blaxploitation movie. There is no racial oppression shown, and a white cop is more likable than the protagonist. It is mentioned that the mob boss traffics in drugs and prostitution, but the movie is about Shaft helping him get his daughter back rather than getting back at him for destroying the black community. Pam Grier's Foxy Brown and Coffy hit more blaxploitation tropes and they were directed by a white guy.
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