This article really hit home for me as I have been called an "Angry Black Woman". Please take a look at it and take a moment to reflect before you instantly assume that a black woman is "just another angry black woman".
“The Angry Black Woman can be identified by her attitude, her conversation and sometimes, even her body language. Sometimes it’s in the twist of the neck, or a dismissive roll of the eyes during normal conversation. Sometimes it’s in the sharp tongue that lashes out with shrill, unsolicited criticism or advice, which is typically baseless and negative.”
...Comedian Chris Rock also did his part to back up society’s need to demonize the Black woman in his recent stand up film titled Kill The Messenger...he adamantly claimed that a black woman would make a terrible First Lady because of her uncooperative nature and cruel disposition. Conversely, a white woman is the ideal candidate due to her passivity and eagerness to be a “team player”. Apparently, it never occurred to Rock that white women may feel less defensive because they don’t have to worry about their male counterparts singling them out to make outrageously negative blanket statements about them for the whole world to hear.
Read the article here.
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