Strong Black Women: Pain to Power with the women of Luke Cage

[CinnaSlim]

**CONTAINS SPOILERS**

"It's a stereotype that Black women are so strong and there's this strength. And its a badge that we wear with honor. And sometimes its conflicting because its like there's this expectation of 'Well, you're strong, you can deal with it.' "

 

[Ya?]

Very true. Black Women strength plays up the masculine label that we get.

Also, if you observe film nonbw playing strong characters are always softened up with a love interest and some form of vulnerability to maintain their femininity.

But black female characters are shown as strong and 1 dimensional with nothing to counterbalance that strength.