Making Privilage and Power Visible

In the American society Black women are percieved negatively,some of us are viewed as hostile, sexuall promiscuous and loud.This all goes back to slavery when Black women where characterize by slave owners as Mammies, Jezebels and Sapphire.
In the popular rap music Black women are being seen as sex objects in the music videos with little clothes on and shaking their booty.Also some these derrogatory names that these Rappers used to describe Black women doesnt give a positive feature of a Black women. In 2006, when Snoop Dogg arrives at the MTV music award with two Black women with leash around their necks was very disturbing to me. I think that this was very degrading to Black women.
This makes it easier for people outside the Black communtiy to perceived Black women negatively.I think Mitchelle Obama plays an important role in letting the world see that Black women are intelligent and well educated and not just seen as Jezebls or hoochies.