would encourage journalists to read and research to recognize these tropes better and develop the ability to engage with them nuancedly, including adding historical context, firm facts and lived experience. ”
literally just not speaking on shit you know nothing about.
The lack of news coverage when a Black woman is sexually assaulted tells us that our lives mean less,” said Lindsey. “The lack of mobilization that occurs when we [Black women] are harmed speaks to this.”
these arre things that need to be talked about so tha they stop happening! these are facts and data. this is the news that should be reported on in america.
The lack of general news coverage about harm committed against Black women — including the minimization of missing, murdered and assaulted Black women — are all forms of dehumanization.
this relates to so many of my other sources
This sentiment is often present in news coverage about Black women “saving” America by leading the grassroots effort to organize and mobilize communities politically.
this is somethingthat i actually do see a lot of the time. in this day and age black women are the pioneers for activism and standing up for the balc community as a whole, where are the men?
“We need you to be ‘Momala’ of the country.” Interviewers should question if they would ask President Donald Trump, former President Joe Biden or any prior president to be America’s “Daddy” and caretaker.
Yes. while mothers are the reason that we are all here today, ther is a deeply sexist notion that the mother is the careatker but not the head of the hose. they hadle things at home but when it comes to buisness or any authoriy, they have no part in that
This detaches Black women from their humanity. It’s the idea that as Black women, we must be all-knowing and constantly caring for everyone.”
this is so powerful
“Fans of the Canadian singer focused on the sexual nature of [Megan’s] music, sometimes revealing outfits and at the time fun-girl personality as portrayed through social media clips of her dancing and partying to place the blame on her actions,” she said. These ideas were also perpetuated by podcasters and bloggers in hip-hop media
THIS!!!!
used to rationalize sexual violence committed against Black enslaved women at the hands of enslavers.
this heavly relates to the "blackfishing" chapter that i read
According to Deborah Gray White, author of “Ar’n’t I a Woman?: Female Slaves in the Plantation South,” the angry Black woman image dates back to chattel slavery in the U.S. White explained that identifying Black enslaved women as angry and more masculine provided a rationale for enslavers to further subjugate Black women by enforcing extensive field labor — even when the enslaved woman had just given birth
these things are not just made up ideas, everythings starts somewhere.
unable to regulate their emotions
im obviously bias but i argue that black women as some of the most emotionally regulated people on earth
The best way for journalists to prevent falling into stereotypes is to deepen their understanding of each trope, develop a keen sense of the harm it causes and understand that learning this is their responsibility as journalists.
i love this point because it is something i find myself saying a lot, the more history is ignored does not mean the more it goes away. it sometimes shows itself in different ways but a lot of the times, it is repeated in the same way. this is because by refusing to learn, there is a lack of understanding of how to fix something
Stereotypes about Black women, for example, have deep roots. In the 1980s, the trope of the “crack whore” often appeared in local and national news cycles. Constant media depictions of Black drug-addicted mothers helped to usher in a wave of mass incarceration among Black women, according to “The New Jim Crow” author Michelle Alexander, only further perpetuating the myth that Black women are criminals and subhuman.
this is not by any means a new sensation, it shifts forms throughut the years, decades, and centruies
can result in news coverage that disproportionately harms communities of color.
the medias power of perception is greater than ever before, it can be very powerful and benefital or just as harmful
“Until the lions tell the story, the hunter will always be the hero.”
perspective is everything, it is so improtant to reconignize who information is being told from becuase the same story or situation can have multiple persepices of the thruth.
her hair has been manipulated into loose curls and waves, with thedefined “edges” consistent with Black urban and hip-hop aesthetics.
white women want to be black but also hate black women for the fact that they are black
In contrast to the straightforward brand alignment Hallberg represents asan influencer, others operate across multiple platforms, particularly celebri-ties. Like Miley Cyrus, Ariana Grande uses both the presence of Black bodiesand Blackfishing tactics such as darkened skin and emphasized buttocks toseparate herself from her Disney childhood. Her situational use of Blacknessas a visual marker of sexual availability and liberation is clear in the videofor her 2016 single, “Side to Side ft. Nicki Minaj,” set primarily in a sta-tionary cycling studio. Grande is tanned to a light brown, her dark blondehair in a high ponytail, wearing a pink sports bra and bright green bicycleshorts. The camera scans over the short-shorts-clad buttocks of Grandeand her (racially ambiguous) fellow riders as they bend over in the saddle,an explicitly sexual action when accompanied by the lyrics. As they ride,Grande sings the hook, “I’ve been here all night/I’ve been here all day/An
this talks about music specifically
As this chapter clearly illustrates, there is a long-standing tradition of appro-priating the Black femme body for profit, from the legacy of minstrel shows,to Baartman, to Baker. This profit has been realized through an intentionalassociation with sexual availability, one that follows the colonial logic ofOtherness as transgressive and deviant when compared to the purity andsuperiority of whiteness. Likewise, just as eighteenth-century artists useddepictions of Black servants to denote sexual content, today the presenceand/or visual markers of the Black femme body are deployed situationallyby white celebrities and influencers, particularly women, to don sexualityin one moment and be restored to their “untarnished” state as they choose.The use of Blackfishing reifies the association between Blackness and sexualavailability, while simultaneously preserving the notion of pure whitewomanhood. As Benard (2016: 3) has noted, “We live in a culture whereto an extent, white women—especially white middle-class women—are ableto define, “play with,” and explore their sexuality in ways women of colorare not.” Through Blackfishing, the erotic is rendered a resource for profitand exploitation by white producers and consumers. In this way, the Blackfemme body is commodified and fetishized within the cultural consciousnessin order to sell images, services, and products (Noble 2018). Blackfishingallows white consumers to enjoy Black cultural aesthetics without havingto grapple with painful racial histories of socioeconomic, political, andsexual exploitation (Nakamura and Chow-White 2013; Guadeloupe andde Rooij 2014). While Blackfishing is the case examined in this chapter, thelove of Black culture without Black people endures across the entertainmentindustry, wherein white entertainers can achieve “coolness” through a cos-tume of Blackness. As hooks (1992: 39) succinctly put it, for Black commu-nities and Black scholars, “the overriding fear is that cultural, ethnic, andracial differences will be continually commodified and offered up as newdishes to enhance the white palate – that the Other will be eaten, consumed,and forgotten.”ReferencesAdler, M. N. (translator). 1907. The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela. London: PhillipFeldheim, Inc. p. 97.Allan, Janet D., Kelly Mayo, and Yvonne Michel. 1993. “Body Size Values of Whiteand Black Women.” Research in Nursing & Health 16(5):323–33. doi: 10.1002/nur.4770160503.
this closing does a great job describing that ways in which society has viewed the black women and how the effects of the past are seen today, sometimes in different way and sometimes in the same
the ghetto [aesthetic] has been repackaged and curated toappeal to the masses...and [social media has become a] breeding groundfor white women who wish to capitalize off of racially ambiguous/Blackwomen for social and monetary gain” (Thompson 2018). In other words,certain white social media influencers, singers, and other celebrities performBlackness for profit.
as soon as they are no longer profiting from being black they switch back to white, like wtf happended to black ariana grande
pureness” of white femininity
alabama barkers shift is on its way
For the most part, this “costume” can thenbe taken off, and purity and sexual chastity can be “restored” by returning tolighter skin, more modest clothing and less exaggerated bodily features.
i really like how the author uses the turm "costume" because for white women they have more of a choice for how they are viewed.
These “physical abnormalitie
im reading this section but not annotaing because i will not be using it
The idea of Black women as promiscuous and immoral was perpetuated inart, literature, and science, then used to justify slavery and discrimination.
meaning that anyone could speak and do to black women as they pleased
Enslaved Black women’s bodies were considered economic units rather thanhumans, making them a sound “investment” because of their perceived sexualavailability and fecundity
its so interesting how this stands true today but obvously present itself in a completely different way
unrapeable
i want to cry reading this
he Black femme body in particular was viewedas non-human, as well as inherently sexual, thus best suited to breeding
i mean there is not much to be added to this statement. black women were though of as only sex objects, anythinng but human, the impact of this can be seen today.
women without shame
...tail as old as time
Here, the “sin” committed by Ham (i.e., commenting on his father’s naked-ness), as shown in the italicized text, has an element of sexual transgres-sion that his brothers, by averting their gaze, avoided.
this doesn't relate directly to this point but i read somewhere once that white people act like god put them on this earth to be god themselves. you are not god, you do not speak for god, i would consider it a sin to do the things white people have done and say that it is in the name of god
uch accounts established a narrativethat Blackness was synonymous with primitive behavior and linked withsexual transgression, encouraging a European perception of Blackness as ani-malistic, unintelligent, and sexually deviant.
literally a tail as old as time. excuses have been made since the beingging of time so that the treat towards black people can be justifide. when this becomes even more harmful than it already is, is when people start to truly believe it.
ragile,modest, and pure.
such a crazy double standard
I then analyze howwhite women use these associations as tools to situationally assert their sexu-ality for profit in multiple forms of media, including social media.
while the topic at hand does directly relate to my central question, i think it provides great insight into how black women are preceived in general.
fetishization and hypersexualization of the Black femme bod
its the seeing of black people, specifcially black women as anything but human. entertainment, ammusment, tests, anything but human
Black communities have watched as whites have “taken [their] blues”—Blackcultural products and aesthetics– and appropriated them for entertainmentand profit
this is seen all throughout social media and within every day life. it makes me think about how for a long time people thought long acrylic nails were "ghetto" but as soon as the kardasians start doing it, it becomes the norm.
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i willl have less anotations of the study
Furthermore, this study posits that these messages may play a critical role in the identity formation of adolescents and young women.
what is somewhat upseting about this essay is that they are speeking about these things as if this is the first time in history music is influencing the youth, news flash, its not.
women face when navigating their own sexuality.
literally just let women live omg, that is what it really boils down to, if you dont like something when it comes to art, dont consume it
The simultaneous marginalization and exploitation (Lieb, 2018; Fournet et al., forthcoming) of female artists by the music industry provides a unique opportunity to examine the capitalization of female sexuality
side note this artical is trying to sound more intuitive and ground breaking than it actually is
portrays Black women as overly sexual and aggressive.
america hates black women and that is seen pretty much everywhere
Critical Theory and broad socialization theory provide the framework for this study.
interesting
these messages do represent a discussion of prevailing cultural norms in which adolescent and young adults are constructing their identities and making decisions about their sexual lives.
i understand that to childern should probably not be listening to the same things as adults but that should not be the artist responsibleity, most things in this world involve sex.
Performative girlhood to adolescence allows for female Pop artists to grow with their audience; however, this ‘growth’ is often an image that is carefully constructed by a team of publicists, managers, and in some cases multi-media conglomerates like Disney (Lieb, 2018)
lacking authanticty
Alternately, research has also found that R&B/Hip Hop music also helps create space for Black adolescent and young adult listeners thereby empowering them to make health and sexual decisions within the context of messages created by artists who share their identities (Keyes, 2000). Furthermore, there is scholarship that sexually explicit lyrics may help listeners develop their own sexual agency (Carney et al., 2016; Herd, 2015).
while i understand this topic is impportant to talk about, it genralizes black women in music as being these hypersextual beings instead of simply just singers. not every black female artist is sexy red.
Furthermore, female artists tend to be more sexualized than male artists, regardless of genre
women are more sexuallized then men period
adolescents and young adults rely on many sources when determining normative and deviant behavior including family
connects to the topic of should artist be responsible for their audiences
This is not a new phenomenon
humans are sextual beings, i find it interesting how much cencorsihip has been placed on sex
sexuality are fraught with the duality of expressing desire but conveying this message in a socially acceptable manner.
but when it comes to men anything goes, look at our president
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