Charde Hunt-Jeanty, Christina Watts and Desire Marshall, students at Bryant University, created this moving, powerful and poignant video, "Where are all the Black Women." They shared the video with us and joined in our class dialogue. We thank them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7J_BEhWFyM
I thought that this video was a great representation of the frustration that is felt about the lack of representation for black women in society. These three students shed some light on this larger societal issue in which they felt very passionate about. Their delivery and tone really impacts their viewers and inspires them to take a stand.
ReplyDeleteI completely agree with you. I think the tone of their voices in this video really made the impact on the audience because it was strong, yet their passion about this issue is still evident to anyone who views it. Even though they are "frustrated," they do not deliver their message in an annoyed or bitter manner.
DeleteI agree that they did not portray themselves as bitter or angry. However, I think that is one thing that could have made this video more powerful. I think that they have the absolute right to be angry at the way society turns its back on black women. I understand why society feels being angry is a negative thing, but there are circumstances where anger is justified, and I think that this is one of those instances.
DeleteOf course our friends in the video have a right to feel and express anger, but we all know that had our friends been more angry in this video, some people would have stopped watching and written them off under a pernicious stereotype of the angry black woman.
ReplyDeleteThe start of the video stuck with me the most because of its importance and meaning. When the professor, a male authority figure, confronts the student about her phone, she expresses her anger and questions the lack of female representation. For anyone that has gotten caught in this predicament in class would most likely put their phone away and say "sorry" to the professor. However, she literally stood up to the man, by voicing her concern and actually stepping to her feet. This can be deconstructed as a symbol of the women standing up for themselves.
ReplyDeleteThe start of the video stuck with me the most because of its importance and meaning. When the professor, a male authority figure, confronts the student about her phone, she expresses her anger and questions the lack of female representation. For anyone that has gotten caught in this predicament in class would most likely put their phone away and say "sorry" to the professor. However, she literally stood up to the man, by voicing her concern and actually stepping to her feet. This can be deconstructed as a symbol of the women standing up for themselves.
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