THE BLACK FEMALE......WHERE CAN I START....THE BLACK FEMALE IN MY OPINION IS A SYMBOL OF STRENGTH, PRIDE, COURAGE, AND THE BACKBONE OF THE BLACK COMMUNITY... THAT VIEW IS SLOWLY STARTING TO FADE AWAY AND WE ARE NOW LEFT WITH A STEREOTYPE OF THE "BLACK FEMALE". YOU KNOW THE ANGRY BLACK WOMAN WHO IS BITTER ABOUT PAST RELATIONSHIPS..BABY MAMA DRAMA.. AND THE "GHETTO" GIRL . WE'VE ALL SEEN THE BLACK FEMALE WHO IS ACTING A CLOWN IN PUBLIC OVER ONE THING OR ANOTHER... BEING LOUD AND MAKING A SCENE FOR THE WHOLE WORLD TO SEE AND MAKING A SPECTACLE OF OUR RACE... THE STEREOTYPICAL BLACK FEMALE HAS BECOME SUCH A STIGMA THAT OUR OWN BLACK MALES ARE SOMETIMES AFRAID TO BE WITH US...SOME EVEN OPT TO DATE OUTSIDE THE RACE ( I DON'T BLAME THEM...) EVEN THE MOVIES PLAY UP THE STEREOTYPICAL ROLE OF THE BLACK FEMALE THINK OF ANGELA (PLAYED BY TASHA SMITH) IN TYLER PERRY'S WHY DID I GET MARRIED....SHE IS PORTRAYED AS A BLACK WOMAN WHO IS OVERLY LOUD AND OBNOXIOUS AND NEVER SATISFIED... NOW I'M NOT SPEAKING OF ALL BLACK FEMALES WHEN I SPEAK ON THIS SUBJECT BUT WE ALL KNOW AND HAVE SEEN SOMEONE WHO FITS THIS STEREOTYPE ....SO I THINK IT'S TIME THAT WE AS BLACK WOMEN TAKE A STAND AGAINST THAT STIGMA AND PROVE TO THE WORLD THAT WE ARE MORE THAN JUST THE STEREOTYPICAL "BLACK FEMALE"....
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