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 Empowering Women of Color through Media Representations

In her TEDx Talk, Dianna Feng provides a discussion of the various ways in which women of color have been underrepresented in the media. For instance, she provides the examples of heroes in films, whereby, she argues that people are likely to think of white male actors such as Harry Potter as the heroes as opposed to women of color (TEDx Talks 5). Additionally, in the Fortune 500, Feng argues that women of color take only a small percentage of the members of the Board. However, she argues that the only way that such women can be empowered is by encouraging them, recognizing them, and listening to their narratives as opposed to those that they have been given (TEDx Talks 7-9). Specifically, Feng feels that the only way that women of color can be helped is making them feel confident and defy stereotypes. Although such measures are vital in ensuring women of color have higher self-esteem, it does not entirely help them to explore opportunities that exist such as their white counterparts. The key solutions to empowering women of color include ensuring that there is no discrimination in society and in the media representations. For instance, women of color should not be represented by white women with whit modes. They should be given an equal opportunity to tell and advance their narratives. Feng’s propositions on how to empower women seek to assume that the only problem that stands between women of color and success is low self-esteem and failure to defy stereotypes. However, the problem of underrepresentation is more entrenched into the social fabric and addressing it requires social and political changes that give more opportunities to women of color.