Analysis Of Bad Girls Club: The Misinterpretation Of Black Women

Alexandra Elle once said, “Black women were created of, brown sugar and warm honey. The sweetest thing to bless the earth. Be wary of anyone who tells you otherwise.” This quote speaks volumes to the skewed image of women that reality television shows continue to present to the public. Specifically black women; black women are continually portrayed as crazy, loud, obnoxious, and ill tempered individuals. The television show Bad Girls Club, amongst others conduct a play like narrative where any black women is presented as the aggressor and the white woman is the innocent, kind, and feeble. This is truly misinterpretation of black women, white women and women in general. This television show is viewed by millions of young impressionable girls,
Whether it is a story about love,talent,competition, or anything that pits individuals against each other. It perpetuates an invalid representation of our society. The media has a strong influence on what we think, how we think, and why we think certain things. It has subconsciously changed the mindset of individuals. Intelligent women are casted aside for women that portray themselves as ignorant. Individuals who may otherwise be strong, and sensible display irrational behavior. Take for example a rather “famous” scene from Bad Girls Club where one female black cast member gets up in the middle of night and proceeds to make an obscene amount of noise only to spite the rest of her housemates. She proceeds to bang on pans throughout the whole housing screaming “I did not get no sleep cause of yall, so yall aint going to sleep because of me”. This gives off the idea that this woman who otherwise maybe a friendly and incredible person is a vulgar, disrespectful, and inconsiderate. However she may not truly be the type of person she is portraying. By giving this image of herself she doesn’t only hurt her image, however the image of all African American women. Kristen Warner, speaks on how the word “ratchet” has become a part of our everyday vernacular, which is use predominantly to the behavior of some black women or the actions of anyone. Some would say
There are many misconceptions about women, and men especially African American men and women. My personal experience with these shows life Flavor of Love, and Bad Girls Club and after watching them it’s sad to see how people will portray themselves in order to be counted amongst the stars. The image of African American women as sexual objects and as over obnoxious women is a design meant to create a story of a “villain” and a “hero” where everyone else is the hero and the anger black women is the one to be feared. However that may not be the case, like I stated earlier women of color are not confined to the image designed by the producer of reality television. There are those who strive to create new paths for women so that they are treated more than just objects . Those individuals that strive to change the impact of reality television the American