The “Angry Black Woman” and “Scary Black Man”: Racist Tropes Rooted in Propaganda

The “angry Black woman” and “scary Black man” tropes are nothing more than byproducts of racism. Full stop. These narratives didn’t appear out of thin air – they are the offspring of propaganda that dates back to the earliest days of enslavement, perpetuated to cast Black people as dangerous and uncontrollable. This isn’t just history; it’s a lived, bre…