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Black Females More Likely Than White Females To Be Portrayed As “Smart” In Film & TV, But “Colorism” Persists Around Skin Tone, Says Study

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Portrayals of Black women and girls in film are showing signs of progress, with those characters more likely to be depicted as leaders or as working in STEM professions than white females, but issues of” colorism” still exist, according to a study released Tuesday.The research by the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, in conjunction with the USC Viterbi School of Engineering, is billed as the first of its kind to focus on Black women and girls in film and television, with previous research categorizing women/girls and Black people as separate categories.The study found positive levels of representation, with Black girls and women — 6.5% of the U.S.

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