how does the negative portrayal of african american women relate to new orleans?

Question

african american women in media and the negative images associated with them

Answer 1

Um, I am a white man who loves black women. Maybe your question is too vague.

Answer 2

May be I missed something, the negative portrayal of African American women is in the eye of the "beholder". If the truth can be told, those whose lives were touched in New Orleans, were people, at least that is how I viewed it. As for the media coverage of same, I saw black (African Americans), white (Caucasians), Asian, Hispanic, male, female, mixed gendered, all people, all involved. Well, I guess, I need to take off the rose colored glasses and start observing more closely.

Answer 3

Generally, the idea was that the people affected by the hurricaine were poor and black (that linkage is a whole different stereotype ...).

The negative ideas are: They should've helped themselves by leaving New Orleans. They're all a bunch of criminals anyway. They're just sitting around waiting for the government to rebuild for them; they don't want to help themselves. They deserved this by choosing to live in a city at risk from hurricaines (or below sea level).

There are a LOT of negative stereotypes out there about african americans affected by katrina. Most of them don't seem to be gender specific, though.

Answer 4

I'm sorry, I didn't see any negative protrayal of black women, but maybe I just don't read enough.
As the village idiot, (white) i don't care what people think, I just care about the truth. The truth is white man has historically been the devil, because power corrupts, I see this corruption has spread to every race. I don't see color anymore, I see white everywhere I look. Actions speak much louder than words. go out into the woods (I've done this) and ask a bird who the devil is. The bird will tell you the truth without saying a word.
White man thought he was so smart when he gave us cars and electricity. the dummy didn't forsee that children would love cars more than their parents, more than their God, more than the earth, which provides us life support.
I believe in miracles. I've seen them. There is no problem that humans have that can't be fixed by love.

Answer 5

I loved Idiot...'s post--lovely!
Stormsing, I agree with you.
People of means are always willing to judge people of little/no means. And this judgement transcends color or race.
I love New Orleans and her people.
I'm so sorry for Katrina and the effects it had on all the populace there.
I feel the same way about the African American women in New Orleans now as I felt before--they rock, and they are stronger, better humans than anyone who judges them.

Answer 6

I love questions like this. First we must accept your assuming something and then you expect us to answer. I don't see negative images of black women or black men in media as related to New Orleans.