I must be in the right business. Well, at least that’s what I thought going by the title of the article in the New York Times about “To some, the freer use of overweight black women in comic situations suggests a welcome change that reflects a broader acceptability of blacks in the media. But others find the recurring use of the image a return to a disturbing past.”
Well.. well.. well.. we are getting more roles in ads and commercials, but we are still saying it’s bad? Another Black History Month enlightenment. sheeeesh
Man.. we are nickpicking on too many issues. Yes, I understand the level of a bad image, but that’s just how big black women are.
Many due have very strong personalities to offset the facts of being overweight or to reduce the changes of being abused.
The problem I have with this article, is this is what alot of overweight individuals do no matter what race it is. There’s plenty of loud, aggressive skinny black women out here too.
Haven’t you seen the movies or shows where the fat kid or adult was the comedian? Or they had alot of friends, but no girl/boyfriend?
Now we have the movie with Eddie Murphy that’s pretty much doing the same thing. And lets not forget the movie with Queen Latifah and Steve Martin.. come on!!
It will always be this way.. there’s no way around this. They can try to label bad stereotypes if they want to, but even if they lose the weight, their personalities will not change.
