August 17 – Today’s Chicago Woman
Alumna Kimberly Egonmwan (’06) authored blog:
The degradation of the black woman in film today is far subtler than in the movies of yesteryear. Whereas she once stood (and sometimes still stands) as a mockery, bucking her eyes like a clown, black women have settled comfortably into their latest role. We are almost universally used to help the progression of the non-black protagonist.
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