okay i want to be an actress. I'm African American and I'm afraid of having to play into the black stereotypes. I've in read in magazines and other sources that being an African American female you will face having to act into the stereotypes i stated below:
sapphire stereotype - angry black woman
matriarch stereotype - strong black woman
jezebel stereotype - promiscuous black woman
welfare queen- ghetto, loud, black woman, who has a bunch of babies by different men
the tragic mulatto- the light-skinned exotic, black woman who is exotic and follows white men
mammi stereotype- the overweight, black woman who is sweet and is a housekeeper of some sort.
how can i still get a role without playing into their stereotypes?
2006-10-12
17:07:48
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