Fincludh sheans + mn Pearce 1 Thomasina Pearce IKMULss2y, Professor Raymond *& WCU opie in dot Cations UWRT 1103 CN Seem dt imndude v¥t July 28 2015 1 Puepure, Lundahur, Meng tns, weatness C < Annotated Bibliography “ “11 Things You Can do Right Now to End Colorism.” Bougie Black Girl 3¢f., 27 Oct. Qo 2014, Web. 24 July 2015. (“11 Things”) This post listed 11 ways in which the African American community could end colorism. It is, sad that this is a form of racism within one’s own race. She starts about announcing her anger towards the all of the posts she sees on Facebook that promote colorism. She believes Pes a large part of the problem is denial. People are in denial that colorism is in fact (4 something that is happening all of the time. Some of her ideas on how to end colorism were: ( acknowledge that colorism exists, stop calling colorism a preference, stop sharing posts on We media that promote colorism, etc. 2 SN is post was very positive! Because colorism is one focus of my topic, 1 will use this source, pinpoint ideas/strategies that I liked the most and give advice on how to prevent colorism in the African American Community. eater Guerts 4 Influential Black Women of 2015.” Try. ‘The Network Journal, ad" Web. 24 July wn career 2015 (25 Influential”) matinee is j i 4.25 black women that were influential in different aspects in Tis jue pa wiht and that is helpful. When clicking 1015. Pictures were included with the of the women rm juded with the names be a picture, you can see @ description 08 what that person did during the year of 2015 that n made such an impact. a ¥ i pictures of black women that represent = ‘resentation, I have a collage of P! , ‘ aw On my visual FeP rage will not play a large role in my presentations but I will a Yi Black Girl Magic. This journal believe encompass Black Girl use one or two of the pictures provided of women that | Magic.through spoken word, After listi 7 themselves}” oF “fbiack Bitls) ai ‘uring words. Sh, Bi i Says, “ and that “Polack women} are ERY Tam including thie v a £m including this video in the “Society ee » resentation, Even though she porns, eettion of Black Women” section of my A Eababan, Yesha. “How Are Reality TV Shows Affecting Society's Perception of Black Women.” Cross Roads News. Decatur, GA, 1 Jan. 2015. Web, 24 July 2015, (Callahan) .Wirstne er OK This post talks about the underrepresentation of black women in ‘the media and the continuous portrayal of black women in a negative light. Yesha feels that black ‘women are overrepresented in reality television. She Poses the question of, “...why are black women so entertaining in ‘reality’ but thought to be unable to garner and audience as actors?” (Callahan). She believes that the over-dramatized ‘reality’ shows are serving as confirmation He the stereotypes of black women and that is why society views black women as they do. i i i i feel pressure to +e book brings light to the fact that many African American Wout! Tompromise themselves as they face the scrutiny from society. elaborates on how black svomen “shift” by altering the expectations they have for themselves. They “shift” white as they go to work and they “shift” back (9 ‘black as they come back home each night (Jones, Shorter-Wooden). The book also contains many interviews which adds many different perspectives to the book. i in Society” portion of my “perception of Black Women in not use it because I was not able to read the entire book, only this book, I would want ro use direct quotes. Though, reading the jes to research. oe C book will be useful in the “project as well; however pe immaries. IfT were t0 USE different summaries for the book did give me new topi8. MeGarrell, Imani. Editorial, « ane Sexism.” The Uni Black Woman’ i Unies: Stereotype Stems from Racism, (MeGarrelly uae yA VM Wed, 20 ly 2015. = not have to.” By thi: y this she means that, no matter what black women do, they will always be | Lwill use this article in the “Society’ ; 3 s article in the “Society's Perception of Black Women” portion of my project. g Te author does a great job with describing different experiences that many black women ” share that may be the reasoning for why black women act the way they do. The information provided in this editorial will be used for a counter argument against society's perceptions of black women. ZA) Aabeled as “angry.” : ( ae TY;” So because of this, black women have to always watch what they say and S 3 ¥ 9. Muhammad, Charlene. “Who defines Black Women?” The Final Call. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 July 2015. (Muhammad) HOA, wyeTE>OE\, This source is a web article that highlights the way society perceives black women. ‘The article talks about how although black women are clearly capable of holding positions of power, they are still belittled and thought of as inferior to white women. The articles also blames and critiques the media about how it portrays black women as “ratchet” in most cases. Dr. Ava Muhammad says, “When I reflect on Black Women.» the first that that enters my mind is the A portrayal of them through media images as self-hating, angry, miserable, and vindictive” 452 One, of my three subtopics ys vee (Muhammad). This shows how ‘media has such a large effect on how people view African ‘American women in society. for the multimodal project, is how black women are perocived in il is article i jon to make the point of how big of an impact media i 11 use this article in my presentation t0 MEK¢* ; ier eeption of black women in society: This article does a good job at cxpnining how rs ae vs black women in media have a negative impact on the self-esteem of blac e women.Pearce 5 Bee. “She’s Got a Big Ego?: Reflections of Black Women and Self- 10. Quammie, pa nd, Web. 24 July 2015. Confidence.” For Harriet. N Kangaroo (Quammie) \\ This post is about the American women are ridiculed for having low self-este self-esteem, they are classified as egotistical or arrogan ( fears an educated, confident, black woman and that is why s that many African ‘em; however, when they display high 1, She says that “White America” black women are constantly onfidence of black women. Quammie explain: pushed down. project. 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