Stereotypes of African Americans blind people of the real actuality that not all blacks portray the stereotypes that are categorized to them. Stereotypes are not real life experiences of all blacks. It only puts negative images into viewers’ eyes. Because of how Blacks are portrayed on almost any film you watch, they are all seen to be the same. Black women and men are continuously degraded in films not only putting an actor/actress into an uncomfortable positon to portray a certain character but also display a stereotype that isn’t necessarily true. Hollywood fails to show African Americans true demeanor in life and would rather stick to stereotypes. African American actors/actresses do not get the respect and credit they deserve because they don’t win as nearly academy awards as whites do.
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There have been plenty of good black films, so the fact that this ratio is so far apart is ridiculous. Hattie McDaniel was not only the first black actress, but black period to win an Oscar for acting in 1939. She played a maid in the film Gone in the Wind. Black women roles in a lot of movies were servants to the white family. This deploys black women hood because it shows that black women can’t be anything more than a maid in life. Another stereotype of black women is that they are angry. These acts by black women are displayed in television shows such as Martin, The Jefferson’s, and Living Single. More recent shows such as Basketball Wives put on full display of black women arguing and fighting majority of the show. This stereotype makes viewers believe that all black women are loud, obnoxious, controlling, and violent. In reality, a lot of black women are strong, independent, and carry themselves like a true
There have been plenty of good black films, so the fact that this ratio is so far apart is ridiculous. Hattie McDaniel was not only the first black actress, but black period to win an Oscar for acting in 1939. She played a maid in the film Gone in the Wind. Black women roles in a lot of movies were servants to the white family. This deploys black women hood because it shows that black women can’t be anything more than a maid in life. Another stereotype of black women is that they are angry. These acts by black women are displayed in television shows such as Martin, The Jefferson’s, and Living Single. More recent shows such as Basketball Wives put on full display of black women arguing and fighting majority of the show. This stereotype makes viewers believe that all black women are loud, obnoxious, controlling, and violent. In reality, a lot of black women are strong, independent, and carry themselves like a true