Wednesday, June 30, 2021

The Misrepresentation of the Black Woman

The emerging voice in black entertainment is aggressively becoming a “Prurient-Fem” culture, placing a broader spotlight on hypersexuality, opposed to feminine comportment that allows room to showcase the intellectual and humanity-driven attributes of young women, which is far more attractive from a conscious mindset that less is more.

As famed celebrities are awarded for such explicit expressions, which they have the right to do in exertion to their first amendment right, the dangers in doing such is the influence it is waging on young women, some of which are replicating such behavior publicly, as it is seen around the world and propelling a monolithic myth and false representation of Black women as a whole.

In honor of Black Music Month, a counter to this pandemic can be found in the timeless lyrics of “Sophisticated Lady,” recorded by Natalie Cole in 1976.