Name a few of your favorite black movies. What are they? “ATL,” “Boyz n the hood,” “Hustle and Flow,” “Love and Basketball,” “Don’t be a menace to south central,” maybe all of the Friday movies. These movies are the popular choice for a lot of black people in my community. I have watched these movies more than once and noticed that there is a similar aspect between all of these movies. I will give you a hint…women. If you have not already guessed what I was thinking then I will tell you.

In every black movie, the women always look the same. The women carry out the idea of what a black woman’s body should look like. These features include wide hips, a slim stomach, decent breasts, and of course a big butt. According to the media, the main feature of a black woman is a big butt. This is how a black women’s beauty is depicted and defined in the media.

I remember in the movie “Think like a man,” this issue was bought to my attention. When Terrance was talking about his girl to his friends, they asked if she had booty. This was the only aspect they were interested in. Also in “ATL” there was a character called “Big Booty Judy.” Judy was only known by her butt. In the whole movie they never showed her face, only her butt. This showed how and why she was casted in the movie. In “Boyz N the Hood,” the only females the main characters would give their attention to was the one’s with the big butt.

In the black community, a woman’s beauty or sexiness is defined by the size of her butt and the color of her skin. I know a few guys that have only dated a woman for her big butt than her personality. These relationships have ended quite badly. I have also seen girls being ridiculed for not having these similar features. Why is it that I don’t see thin girls in rap videos, or fat girls, chubby girls, girls with an apple shape, a pear shape, or girls with a flat butt?. Society fails to realize that there are many different sizes and shapes.

A little black girl growing up in this world with a different shape would wonder why she doesn’t see girls like her on TV. She will wonder why she doesn’t receive the same attention as the girls with the bigger butts. She might even wonder if she is beautiful. She will start to not love herself and believe something is wrong with her. Who can she look up to? Then a boy will start to follow others and only date women cause of their curvaceous bodies.

We as Black people are so obsessed with a woman’s butt that we even have different names for it. Some may call it a “dunk,” or some may call it a “cake.” MTO even prides a woman of her body than her face. We have so many rap songs where the artist cannot go without saying the word ass. We have too many rap songs where it’s all about males disrespecting females like “Round of applause,” “No Hands,” “Tip Drill,” “Rack City,” “House Party,” “H.A.M,” etc..

I hope that I have opened your eyes to a very controversial and stereotypical issue in Hollywood and music. Hollywood does not mention this, but every black girl is beautiful in their own way.