Angry Black Woman Analysis

The most used and incorporated stereotype in televisions shows, the Sapphire is said to be the modern day Angry Black Woman; she is portrayed as aggressive, ill-tempered, illogical, overbearing, and hostile (Ashley 27). On Season 1 of The Apprentice, a contestant by the name of Omarosa Manigault was one of the most hated women on the show due to her attitude that labeled her the Angry Black Woman. When advertising for the show she was described as a woman who had a Ph.D., "but she [had] her real education from the streets . . . She's fierce! She's feisty!" (qtd. in Wiltz). NBC, the show that broadcasts The Apprentice, has set-up the image in the minds of white viewers that she is going to have an attitude and so when the show premiered they already know what to expect. Within the show there are many episodes which are edited where she belittled the other contestants, took racial offense and gave her opinion

Through her actions, she strengthens the idea that Black females are harsh individuals. Having Omorosa be the epitome of the Angry Black Woman just reaffirms the preconceived stereotypes about Black women and this affects the way in which white people perceive Black women because they are consistently shown negative stereotypes of Black women. Likewise, in television sitcoms, the Angry Black Woman stereotype can be found in many television shows with Black female characters. In the 2005 Black-sitcom Everybody Hates Chris, the stereotype of the Sapphire, more presently known as the Angry Black Woman is present. Chris's (Tyler James Williams) mother Rochelle (Tichina Arnold) can be described as ill-tempered. In the show, she