Representation of Blackness
There’s consistent misrepresentation on television shows or movies of Black women in the media. From the ABC Drama show Scandal one of the biggest television hits on television, starring a Black woman as one of the main characters, Olivia Pope. Olivia Pope plays one of the biggest roles in the show, her role shows great representation for women of color and demonstrates great pride to Black women; but there have been controversial issues with her big role. Olivia plays an outstanding role as an important, smart and powerful woman. The character also shows a lot of misrepresentation for black women. In the show, Olivia Pope has an affair with the U.S president. It shows black women to be underrepresented and hyper-sexualized.
There’s consistent misrepresentation on television shows or movies of Black women in the media. From the ABC Drama show Scandal one of the biggest television hits on television, starring a Black woman as one of the main characters, Olivia Pope. Olivia Pope plays one of the biggest roles in the show, her role shows great representation for women of color and demonstrates great pride to Black women; but there have been controversial issues with her big role. Olivia plays an outstanding role as an important, smart and powerful woman. The character also shows a lot of misrepresentation for black women. In the show, Olivia Pope has an affair with the U.S president. It shows black women to be underrepresented and hyper-sexualized.