Black female characters are far more likely to be shown as “smart” in family films than white female characters or other female characters of color (54.1% compared to 44.2% and 42.6%, respectively).Black women are just as likely as white women to be shown as a leader (41.3% and 43.1%).Black women are more likely to be depicted as working in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math (STEM) occupation than other women of color and white women (14.3% compared to 9.6% and 9.6%, respectively).Black female characters and other female characters of color are less likely to be portrayed as working in a service job (a common racialized media stereotype) than white female characters (7.5% and 11.8% compared to 15.2%).Black girls and women are 6.5% of the US population, 6.1% of all characters, and 5.7% of leading characters in 2019 family films.Most Black leading ladies (57.1%) from popular films in the past decade are depicted with hairstyles that conform to European standards of beauty as opposed to natural Black hairstyles.īlack Female Characters in Family Films Positive Film Findings.Only one-in-five (19.0%) of Black leading ladies from the past decade have a dark skin tone.This figure has improved in recent years. Black girls and women are 6.5% of the US population, but only 3.7% of leads/co-leads in the 100 top-grossing films of the last decade.Our findings are organized into positive findings and negative findings in each section to give the reader a clear sense of how Black female characters are depicted in entertainment media. The summary below presents four sets of findings: Representations of Black female leads in film representations of Black girls and women in family films depictions in family television and a comparison of film and TV. It is important to note that the number of Black female characters in film and TV is too small to examine Black women and girls separately, so the analysis is combined throughout this report. Much of the existing research on race and gender in entertainment media analyzes representations of women and Black people as two distinct groups, but far less is known about the intersectional depictions of Black girls and women in Hollywood. This study examines representations of Black women and girls in entertainment media in 2019. Deadline: Black Females Make Progress In Film & TV Skin Tone Colorism Persists
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