Dr. Jameca CooperForensic Psychology Consultant, Emergence Psychological Services · Board Certified Counseling Psychologist and Forensic Psychology Consultant

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20 Jan 2023 · 1 min

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In this YouTube short, the speaker argues that Black women are stereotypically portrayed as having only two emotional states—anger and excitement—highlighting the scarcity of nuanced representations. She reflects on her own upbringing, noting that she was never encouraged to express or discuss her feelings, and that she lacked adult female role models who displayed a broader emotional range. This personal anecdote underscores how cultural narratives and familial conditioning reinforce the limited emotional stereotypes imposed on Black women.

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Black women only have two emotions: anger or excitement. Think about it. How many times do you see Black women showing anything other than that? You see anger with, ah, angry Black woman stereotype, or you see, hey, let's turn up, excitement, right? You don't see anything in between. It's because when I grew up, I was told to suck it up, get over it, deal with it. I wasn't told like, oh, Jameca, tell me how you feel. I didn't get that. We also didn't see other adult women modeling a range of emotions, so that's what you get. Angry Black women or excited Black women, but Black women, only two emotions. That's it.