Stereotypes Of African American Women

The media makes women look more powerful now than before, with famous and very successful black women on T.V. nowadays such as Opera, Tyra Banks, and Queen latifah, the image that they put off would be very positive towards other younger women. However, some typical stereotypes that people give black women such as the loud, smart mouthed, neck-rolling food stamps mother is very popular. Even Michelle Obama was subject to this. Back then the news reported her as power hungry and aggressive, when obviously we all know that's not true. These constant stereotypes created a shift in the way black women saw themselves. Most became selfless and started caring about their families more than themselves, and most can say that that means they had to take
Telling them that they can also become as famous and rich as most popular actresses and singers these days as long as you put your mind to it, and to not let anyone around you try to discourage you of what you want to do. In my opinion, the best black women most present in the media in history was Oprah Winfrey. She was a simple anchor for A.M. Chicago, a morning talk show that was always consistently last in ratings. Around a month later she renamed it “The Oprah Winfrey Show”. Oprah's popularity eventually skyrocketed and the show won several emmys for the best talk show, and Oprah was honored as the best talk show host. Today she's known as one of the wealthiest women in America and is the highest paid entertainer in the
She started her modeling at only age 15 while she was in school. Her filming career started when she appeared in shows like 'The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air' and 'New York Undercover’. Even appearing in the movie ‘Higher Learning’ after a few other small movie roles. Later on she founded her own production company named ‘Bankable Productions’, which then she created and produced the famous show ‘America's Next Top Model’. The show is by far Tyra Banks's most successful achievement so far. The show has been running for 15 years and has been rated the No.1 show on The CW network multiple times. Tyra has also inspired girls that were her age to look for careers in the media business due to how far and how successful shes