This is a presentation about how there are stereotypes about African American women in the media that are being wrongly portrayed.

2. African American women
are sometimes portrayed
accurately, but other times
they are not. It is leading to
problems in their jobs.

3. Survey Results

4. Facts about
Saturday Night Live:
• Has been running for
42 seasons
• Started in 1975
• Network: NBC
• Performs sketch
comedy
• Has famous people
that can be found all
over the media play
parts in the sketches
• The sketches can
have a multitude of
different meanings
Television Shows

5. THIS IS HOW I TALK-SNL

6. • 2001 Halle Berry Monster's Ball Leticia Musgrove first African American woman to win
best actress
• 1939 Hattie McDaniel Gone with the Wind Mammy first African American to win an
Academy award
• 1990 Whoopi Goldberg Ghost Oda Mae Brown First African-American actress to
receive two acting nominations overall. Second African-American actress to win Best
Supporting Actress
• 2006 Jennifer Hudson Dreamgirls Effie White Youngest African-American actor (male
or female) to win an Academy Award (age 25). First film to feature African-American
nominees for both Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress.
• 2009 Mo'Nique Precious Mary Lee Johnston Second film to feature African-American
nominees for both Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress.
• 2011 Octavia Spencer The Help Minny Jackson Third film to feature African-American
nominees for both Best Actress and Supporting Actress.
• 2013 Lupita Nyong'o 12 Years a Slave Patsey First black African (Kenyan) actress to be
nominated. First black African to win in any category

7. Below is a picture of Octavia
Spencer from the movie The Help.
As said in the previous slide, she
was nominated for Best Actress and
Supporting Actress for this role as
Minny Jackson
Movies

8. THE HELP TRAILER

9. THE MYTH OF THE WELFARE QUEEN:
HOW CLASSISM HAS WORKED AGAINST
BLACK WOMEN

10. CU School of Medicine plans
to cut ties with Denver Health
doctor over racist Facebook
comments

11. • Essence
• Ebony
• Upscale
• Sister 2 Sister
List of some
African American
women magazines:
Magazines

12. Chorus from Nicki
Minaj’s Anaconda
Music Videos

13. Inter group relations
such as, work or person
life could be affected
due to racial comments
in the mass media

14. Television Shows part 2

15. Things people could do to prevent/stop
racial stereotypical comments
STOP And

16. Things people could do to prevent/stop
racial stereotypical comments
OR

17. Things people could do to prevent/stop
racial stereotypical comments