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African American Women in the MediaBy: Jessica Middaugh

African American women are sometimes portrayed accurately, but other times they are not. It is leading to problems in their jobs. Why Are African American Women Being Portrayed Differently in the Media?

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Facts about Saturday Night Live:Has been running for 42 seasonsStarted in 1975Network: NBCPerforms sketch comedy Has famous people that can be found all over the media play parts in the sketchesThe sketches can have a multitude of different meaningsTelevision Shows

This is How I talk-SNL

2001 Halle Berry Monster's Ball Leticia Musgrove first African American woman to win best actress

1939 Hattie McDaniel Gone with the Wind Mammy first African American to win an Academy award

1990 Whoopi Goldberg Ghost Oda Mae Brown First African-American actress to receive two acting nominations overall. Second African-American actress to win Best Supporting Actress

2006 Jennifer Hudson Dreamgirls Effie White Youngest African-American actor (male or female) to win an Academy Award (age 25). First film to feature African-American nominees for both Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress.

2009 Mo'Nique Precious Mary Lee Johnston Second film to feature African-American nominees for both Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress.

2011 Octavia Spencer The Help Minny Jackson Third film to feature African-American nominees for both Best Actress and Supporting Actress.

2013 Lupita Nyong'o 12 Years a Slave Patsey First black African (Kenyan) actress to be nominated. First black African to win in any category

Below is a picture of Octavia Spencer from the movie The Help. As said in the previous slide, she was nominated for Best Actress and Supporting Actress for this role as Minny JacksonMovies

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The Myth of the Welfare Queen: How Classism Has Worked Against Black Women

CU School of Medicine plans to cut ties with Denver Health doctor over racist Facebook comments

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List of some African American women magazines:Magazines

Nicki MinajChorus from Nicki Minajs Anaconda

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Inter group relations such as, work or person life could be affected due to racial comments in the mass media

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