Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Black Media Stereotypes: Sapphire- The Angry Black Woman



This gives us an excellent portrayal of how the media manipulates everyone into thinking that all black woman are angry. The fact that they tried to portray the first lady as such was absurd to me. They will truly go to any lengths and it's quite pathetic. This video gives a good example of women in the media who represent the trope Sapphire. It also touches on how women of other races are considered "b*tches" or just being on their period when standing up for themselves or expressing a difference of opinion. Very interesting.

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  1. As Ashley expressed in her presentation, I too in a way believe that these terms were coined as a way to demean and/or oppress black women, and used an attempt to silence them.

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