The dynamic world of media and film is always evolving. The way media and film represent individuals and groups plays a big role in how society views these people. Stereotyping, misrepresentation, and many other key components to how representation affects people via media and film have shaped our world today. Nowadays, the media plays a big role in our lives and an even bigger role in misrepresented communities. It is important to accurately portray diverse communities. The biggest categories that suffer from misrepresentation in media and film include race, gender, disability, mental health, body image, and socioeconomic status. It is critical in the world today that communities and individuals are represented accurately, inclusively, and…show more content… There are many stereotypes of Black communities in films. For example, you can probably think of at least one movie/tv show where a Black man is represented as a drug dealer or as a felon. This is a prime example of how the media has portrayed minorities, and this is a concept that many researchers have dug into. It always circles back to the social construct of the world of film and media in a predominantly White space. Getting even more specific, Black women have suffered a great amount of hardship when it comes to misrepresentation and underrepresentation in media and film. “Hazel Carby suggests that stereotyping is employed ‘not to reflect or represent a reality but to function as a disguise, or mystification, of objective social relations’ (Hill-Collins, 2000)...Patricia Hill Collins states that these stereotypical images of black women are designed to make racism, sexism, poverty, and all other forms of social injustice seem natural and further, an inevitable series of events in a black woman’s life (Hill-Collins, 2000)” (McKoy 4). Authentic experiences are minimal and that leaves more room for the continuation of unfair power
