Posts Written by Tiffany Joy

Black Women in Film: The Tropes of Dope

Dope, a film directed by Rick Famuyiwa, only passed one element of the Bechdel Test which was having women in the film. Unfortunately, the representation of women of color included two hypersexualized stereotypes: a light skinned lesbian character, and  a Jezebel who was addicted to drugs, as well as a one dimensional light-skinned damsel in distress.