Women of color are misrepresented by the media, who uses hurtful stereotypes with the purpose to defamation as well as to influence the people's opinions. By creating a certain type of message, the media can manipulate people’s attitude toward any individual, in this case, turning on the victim as if they were the perpetrator. Unfortunately, dark skin women are falling victims of the media who mislead their integrity by marginalizing them.Angela Davis mention on her book, an interesting case of Assata a black woman, who was a victim of the police and the media because of her skin color.
Assata Shakur's memoirs. Z'' for example, reveal the dangerous intersections of racism, male domination, and state strategies of political repression. In 1977, she was convicted on charges of murder and assault in connection with a 1973 incident that left one New Jersey state trooper dead and another wounded. She and her companion, Zayd Shakur, who was killed during the shootout, were the targets of what we now name racial profiling and was stopped by state troopers under the pretext of a broken taillight. At the time Assata Shakur, known then as Joanne Chesimard, was underground and had been anointed by the police and the media …show more content…
Therefore, she was not involved in the soothing. However, because she was in the car when the incident happened the media, and the police portrayed her as if she was the perpetrator damaging her image and given her names such as ------ and influencing on her case. A similar story that involves victims being the target by the police and the media happened as well in New Jersey, The Case of the Killer Lesbians, who only crime was to defend themselves. The girls were youthful, black lesbian, and because their social status, these women fell victim twice; from the man who assaulted them verbally and fiscally also by the media who bullied influencing the decision of the