Blacks in Popular Culture (Women)

For many years the portrayal of blacks in society has been very ignominious and inaccurate. Most depictions of blacks are that of stereotypical views and misrepresentation of our culture. Myths of blacks being on welfare; unable to obtain real occupations, and having very aggressive and vivacious attitudes are all undeniably false accusations of how blacks are as a whole. Most of these stereotypes come from their misrepresentation in the media. The media is a place where people all over get to experience a taste of popular culture. Pop culture depicts each ethnicity in a way in which it as a whole is suppose to represent a group of individuals. The big argument is how they depict a race of people and only recognize a small portion of that in the media. They put emphases on the negative connotations about blacks in popular culture. The most critical issue is how black women are objectified to the most degrading types of media attention in American popular culture. For example Black women in the music industry like Beyonce, Rihanna, and Nikki Minaj, etc, black women on television in these sitcoms, and actresses like Halle Berry awarded for roles that are dehumanizing. In these world wide/national broad cast of public media these women, these black women are subjected to the demoralization and detained from being identified as insightful individuals with reputable morals and standards.