As an African American girl, there are many aspects of my identity others not possessing it do not experience. Of course there is the obvious issue of racism that people can imagine, but my identity involves multiple layers contributing to, but not restricting to the idea of racism. How I perceive my identity may be completely different from how others perceive my identity. Since my identity is something I can’t change, I have to learn to live with the negative aspects and depictions, but also not forget to enjoy and be proud of what I love about being an African American girl. To me, being black means accepting and embracing my culture. Growing up in an all white town, I’m ashamed to say I shied away from my culture and identity. Even though
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Many reality television shows including Bad Girls Club portray black women in an extremely bad light. The women on these shows are constantly cursing, get in many physical fights, and often sound uneducated (Walton, 2013). These women projected onto television for all the world to see only add to the negative stereotype that many are trying to break away from. I do not expect the portrayal of black women on television to be perfect, every portrayal of identities on television will have some negative aspects to it. But I do think improvements can still be made including creating characters with depth and importance, and steering away from stereotypes as much as …show more content…
The news never fails to shelter white suspects even if they did something as horrible as kill another human being. They are quick to turn to other aspects of the individual such as the state of their mental health. Plus, they always point out the positive attributes the suspect has such as being a really good person, or brilliant student. You would think people would have only nice things to say about victims who wrongly had their lives taken away too soon. But the news shows us that is not the case. They point out the flaws of that black victim. The headline of NBC News read “Trayvon Martin was suspended three times from school” (NBC, 2012). Another upsetting headline that AL.com publishes was “Montgomery’s latest homicide victim had history of narcotics abuse, tangles with the law”. (Edgemon,
Many reality television shows including Bad Girls Club portray black women in an extremely bad light. The women on these shows are constantly cursing, get in many physical fights, and often sound uneducated (Walton, 2013). These women projected onto television for all the world to see only add to the negative stereotype that many are trying to break away from. I do not expect the portrayal of black women on television to be perfect, every portrayal of identities on television will have some negative aspects to it. But I do think improvements can still be made including creating characters with depth and importance, and steering away from stereotypes as much as …show more content…
The news never fails to shelter white suspects even if they did something as horrible as kill another human being. They are quick to turn to other aspects of the individual such as the state of their mental health. Plus, they always point out the positive attributes the suspect has such as being a really good person, or brilliant student. You would think people would have only nice things to say about victims who wrongly had their lives taken away too soon. But the news shows us that is not the case. They point out the flaws of that black victim. The headline of NBC News read “Trayvon Martin was suspended three times from school” (NBC, 2012). Another upsetting headline that AL.com publishes was “Montgomery’s latest homicide victim had history of narcotics abuse, tangles with the law”. (Edgemon,