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Sep 17, 2021 · The discrimination and humilation of Black bodies were once forms of entertainment. For example, sexual violence against Black women was justified by their common portrayal as promiscuous "Jezebels.”. As the civil rights movement and the fight to end discrimination progressed, media strayed away from these outright negative stereotypes.
Apr 7, 2024 · The media mistreatment of Black female athletes like Sha’Carri Richardson, Simone Biles, Gabby Douglas, and Naomi Osaka is not a new phenomenon—nearly 30 years ago, three-time Olympian ...
Mar 10, 2021 · Research conducted by the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, which focused on Black women in girls in the entertainment industry in 2019, found that while Black character portrayal in media ...
- Tyra Wooten
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- Scandal Case Study 1
- Insecure Case Study 2
- SCANDAL DATA (CASE 1)
- ANALYSIS OF SCANDAL
- In the opening scene of episode one, we’re introduced to the power of Olivia when her
- Quinn Perkins: No.
- David Rosen: You okay?
- Angry Black Women
- Sexually promiscuous
- Occupation
- Physical appearance
- INSECURE DATA (CASE 2)
- INSECURE EPISODE ANALYSIS
- The Angry Black Women
- The Strong Black Woman
- Issa: “You know, now I'm the black girl who fucked up. And white people at my job fuck up all
- Sexually promiscuous
- Occupations
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When you get into trouble - life-ruining, headline-making trouble - there's only one person to call...Olivia Pope. Olivia is a professional Fixer who makes problems go away before anyone even knows they exist (ABC scandal website). Olivia handles many crises but mostly the White House uses her expertise. This often gets her in trouble because of he...
Creator Issa Rae (The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl) stars as Issa Dee, who struggles to navigate the tricky professional and personal terrain of Los Angeles along with her best friend Molly (Yvonne Orji) (HBO insecure website). Issa is learning to deal with workplace microaggression and complications in her relationships with long-term boyfr...
In this chapter, the content analysis data is presented for the television show, Scandal.
When you get into trouble - life-ruining, headline-making trouble - there's only one person to call...Olivia Pope. Olivia is a professional Fixer who makes problems go away before anyone even knows they exist.” ABC Scandal website Scandal is an ABC series that follows a Washington D.C. fixer, Olivia Pope, and her team as they help manage crises, pa...
associate, Harrison Wright, goes to the bar to hire Quinn Perkins. Harrison Wright: “You really want to ask me who I work for.” Quinn Perkins: “Fine. Who do you work for?” Harrison Wright: “Olivia Pope.” Quinn Perkins: “Olivia Pope? The Olivia Pope? Wait.” The opening scene highlights the power of Oliva’s name. We’re already introduced into the p...
Huck: “Yes, you are.” Quinn Perkins: “No, I'm not.” Huck: “You are.” Quinn Perkins: “Fine. I'm crying.” Huck: “Well, don't let Olivia see you doing that. She doesn't believe in crying.” This scene indicates how Olivia is emotionless to any circumstances she faces and that’s why Huck told Quinn to stop crying. This emotionless characteristic relates...
Olivia: Not really. David Rosen: (Whispers) Okay. This dialogue shows Olivia admitting to her emotional state of not being okay and showing some type of vulnerability. Even though Olivia does not continue to express her feelings in detail, her admitting that she is at a weak point is opposite of the SBW stereotype.
The sassy, aggressive, bossy and often isolated black business professional is a part of the ABW stereotype. In episode 1, When Olivia takes on a new client accused of killing his girlfriend; she goes to the attorney general house to ask for more time before taking her client into custody. David Rosen: “I've been on the phone with homicide. “He k...
Developed from the Jezebel stereotype, the sexual promiscuous Black woman is seen as sexually aggressive with a high sexual appetite. She is also seen as just sexually driven with no intentions of pursing relationship or being married. This sexually promiscuous behavior is analyzed between Olivia and President Grants relationship. In episode 7, O...
From above analysis, we know that Olivia is a powerful and successful Black woman. She owns her own company, is the boss of majority white co-workers and works for the White House. All these characteristics portray her outside of stereotypical mammy or domestic occupation roles. Even with her successful in the occupational status, like the ABW ster...
Kerry Washington plays Olivia Pope and she is a very sophisticated, well-dressed woman with good accessories in the series. Her hair is always straight or loose curled. She is always dressed in business causal clothes, barely has skin showing or any revealing clothes. Washington has curly, natural hair but only wears weave on camera. This may be ab...
In this chapter, the content analysis data is presented for the television show, Insecure.
“I’m rooting for everyone Black” Issa Rae said this at the 2017 Emmy award show as nominee for her series, Insecure. Insecure is an HBO comedy series that follows a non-profit worker (Issa Rae) and her friends in Los Angles who are learning to balance both professional and personal lives. Issa Rae, a nonprofit worker, that is uncertain about her lo...
In the opening scene of Episode one, of Insecure, Issa is in front of a classroom at an inner-city school. She’s talks about” We Got Yall” which is the non-profit she works for, and is there to help the students. The students quickly begin asking Issa personal questions about her life: Kid 1: “Why you talk like a white girl?” - (kids laugh) Ki...
In episode 3, When Issa is faced with her co-workers talking behind her back, her responses are in a professional matter but when she gets home, she’s doesn’t hold back her frustrations when talking with her boyfriend, Lawrence. Issa: “They're having secret white meetings and they're sending secret white emails. I made one mistake during my prese...
the time! “ Lawrence: “Look, did you talk to Joanne about it? “ Issa: “No. Cause then I'll look too sensitive.” The response from Issa saying she doesn’t want to ‘look too sensitive’ is continuing the notion of the SBW by being emotional detached and maintaining a strong exterior despite conflicting factors. Issa must bear the weight of multiple ag...
At first glimpse, Molly’s multiple sexual partners and failed relationships can seem promiscuous but once we understand her intentions, she is not as presumed. Molly tries multiple dating websites to find a good man and have relationships. She tells Issa how lucky she is to have her boyfriend. Molly rejects being sexually promiscuous because she de...
Both Molly and Issa both are representing Black women in various work fields. Molly is well liked by all her co-workers at the law firm and is even trusted to do multiple cases. Issa isn’t well liked by all of her co-workers and can act passively aggressive towards them, but she is successful in her field by exposing the children to different exper...
- Tyra Wooten
- 2019
May 18, 2022 · She details how the movement for black imagery in dolls links to the rise of black mega superstars of today- from Rihanna and Nicki Minaj to Oprah and Beyonce - who create and continually...
Feb 10, 2022 · In the past 20 years, they’ve been responsible for trendsetting firsts and impressive cultural shifts that changed our world for the better—yes, even through the struggle that was 2020. As famous African American women (like former First Lady Michelle Obama, Serena Williams, Tracee Ellis Ross, Tamron Hall, and Gabrielle Union, to mention a ...
Mar 23, 2021 · Among the first to integrate television newsrooms, Hyacinth, Lilac, Azalea, Magnolia — and the majority of the Black women interviewed — grew up in the civil rights era, with race and gender discrimination all around them. Like anti-lynching activist and journalist Ida B. Wells, many saw journalism as a means to address society’s deepest ...
