Between Michelle Obama being called transphobic slurs for her stature and physique to Janay Rice getting shamed and lampooned by Fox News anchors after being assaulted by her NFL player husband, black women are routine targets for disrespectful jokes and offbeat questions about their everyday lives. These kinds of comments are deeply rooted in negative media stereotypes that have little-to-no connection with reality — and its about time we put an end to all of the ignorance. For years now, black women have openly challenged the racism and misogyny, but to no avail. In 2011, blogger Franchesca Chescaleigh Ramsey struck a nerve when she created the video Shit white girls say...to black girls, a spin-off of the popular shit people say meme at the time. Black women everywhere applauded Chescaleigh for hilariously demonstrating to the rest of the world just how offensive and cringeworthy some of the remarks are, but the attitudes she so masterfully critiqued still persist.
Posted on: Mon, 15 Sep 2014 21:00:01 +0000
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