Dark Girls: The Roles Of Black Women In Society

In the movie, Dark Girls, it focused a lot on why dark women think the way they do in society. There are a variety of factors why and how it affects women phsycially, psychologically, emotionally, and socially. There have been reasons why Black women have been oppressed for centuries. It all began when Black women in particular were brought into the United States of America as indentured servants, which then turned into slavery. With slavery, the Black race was not seen as human beings and had no rights. The real history of what actually happened in history is very seldom talked about and that is because schools and textbooks are lacking the truth. The media is often full of the White race, which can play a huge factor in society. As most people know what many …show more content…
By the Black feminist thought it has been a way to let the truth out and truly express what it mean to be a Black women in the United States. In addition, I believe that many believe think that loving one’s own skin in racist, but it is not, it is feeling comfortable in their own skin. By that, it can hopefully being positivism in the world. I believe that women are affected phsycially, psychologically, emotionally and socially. Physically, many Black women are not comfortable in their own skin because often times some women are seen as muscular and often times being muscular means being masculine with can devalue them as a women. By whatever approach women take away with being muscular, it can either make them stronger or weaker. Psychologically, many Black women are viewed negatively in the media, and for centuries Black women have been oppressed. The United States is valued for whiteness, and many Black women