Stereotyping black people is not a new issue, it goes back in the day even before United states was a Country. Slavery has a lot to do with racism, although it has been 151 years since slavery was abolished in the United States, still, we can find racism embedded in the society today. The darkened -skin women remained excluded from the white society and stereotyped by the media. They have portrayed as; angry black women, vulgar, violent and crazy and loud. As a result, these women are scared to speak up and lose their voice in society. In "Harlem Shadows" McKay points out the problems of social disqualify and what it does to these women. He blames the society for causing harm to these dark-skinned women. He as a writer did his job, by opening
