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Black Women Society
Black Women Society
Black Women Society
SOCIETY 1
UNC Charlotte
BLACK WOMEN IN SOCIETY 2
Overview:
From childhood and beyond, black women are being bombarded with images and ideals
that not only exist in society,but also the media and their own community.These ideals
We want to explain the function of the media and its affect on young black girls who then
We want to talk about hair, skin color issues, negative portrayals in the media, and the
We also want to talk about a new age of empowerment amongst the black female
The modes we will be using will include videos from speeches, such as Malcom Xs and
Project Plan:
We plan on using emaze to execute the project by posting, video clips, statistics, and
We also plan to talk about the different stereotypes that we were used to seeing and how
the older ones affected our parents and how the new ones affect us.
Justification:
BLACK WOMEN IN SOCIETY 3
Our plan will be appropriate and effective for our topic since well be given the chance to
research about the perspectives of others. Well get firsthand accounts on how this topic
We aim to justify the consequences of black girls seeing negative stereotypes being
perpetuated on television.
The audience should care because these young girls mature into adult women that feel
like they are targeted and dispensable by society. They should also care because these
women are our moms, daughters, sisters,wives, aunts, co-workers, and essentially human
We plan to have an equal share in all of the work. We will all do the same amount of
research.
Timeline:
Research Stereotypes in the Media, Hair Types, and Skin Color Issues & Finish at
least 10 slides
Research the lasting effects of negative body image and lack of representation in
Finish the last five slides of the presentation and practice for showing the class.
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Conclusion
Throughout their early lives, black girls are exposed to negative stereotypes
within the media and they are bombarded by society at such an early age about
their body image. This leads to insecurities as they are growing up, as well as
little hope for improvement within their social class as they are constantly
exposed to reality television which does not show the positive images of black
women, which leads young girls to believe that they can only be stereotypical
black women, or they can be powerful, but they will always be miserable.
We also want to show that these negative stereotypes not only affect our images
of ourselves, but also negatively affects our image in the eyes of the general
public. We want to show we are being destroyed by both the outside and the