COMM 340 Study Guide - Final Guide: Tina Turner, Hattie Mcdaniel, Josephine Baker
29 Nov 2017
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How did we go from black women being enslaved to black women being caretakers to nicki. Abuse: were abused just as men were, were impossible to rape because they weren"t human (jezebel, breeders: were sold or grew up to work on plantation, were pets: because they weren"t human. Matriarch (sort of positive: black women was leader in her own home strong-willed. Welfare queen: (created by reagan) represents matriarch that is poor and abuses the system by popping out babies to get welfare money: poor people tend to be people of color in media. Black lady: middle class, professional black women, hard working epitome of respectability tv show called julia first time black woman starred in show tv show cold case police detective woman. Jezebel: myth that it was impossible to rape black woman was bc they were already promiscuous jezebel in bible was epitome of sex the femme fatale.
