This blog really caught my attention because I was actually watching a “Madea’s Christmas” with my family over Thanksgiving and I was thinking about how Tyler Perry portrays African Americans. However, it dawned on me that we as black people do act the way Tyler Perry portrays us in his plays because he had to get it from somewhere. Maybe if black women weren’t so rude, or so ghetto, or whatever negative stereotypes we are characterized with, then maybe Tyler Perry wouldn’t be able to make plays like this because he wouldn’t have anyone to make fun of.
On the contrary, I feel that even though we have these stereotypes and we do act this way, maybe if we had better models and people saying more positive things to say about black people then black people would see themselves in a more positive light. As long as African Americans keep watching plays like Madea, and shows like Maury and Jerry Springer, they will forever think it’s ok because we are influenced by what we see on TV.
In Perry’s defense, we do sometimes see positive attributes of black individuals, but the media LIKES him making fun of black people rather than speaking highly of them; and if Tyler Perry is making money and we are laughing, and watching his movies and plays constantly, then who are we to judge.
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