Several stereotypes exist that perpetuate negative viewpoints of black hair. Although media literacy scholarship and resources have focused on media representations of race and body image, fewer have specifically centered on media representations of hair type. In this lesson, students will learn how media reinforce negative stereotypes that pertain to black hair. They will explore media sources that provide a positive counter narrative to negative perspectives. They will also identify real-life implications of mediated false black hair narratives.

Courses: Media and Society/Media and Culture, Media Literacy, Psychology of Diversity, Women’s Studies, and African American Women’s Studies.

Objectives: Students will: (1) describe how the media reinforce negative stereotypes of black hair; (2) identify the components of a positive media portrayal (counter narrative) of black hair; and (3) identify ways that negative media representations of black hair perpetuate inaccurate perceptions of and negative actions toward black people, both individually and systematically.

存在几种定型观念，这些定型观念会长期保留黑发的负面观点。尽管媒体素养的奖学金和资源都集中在种族和身体形象的媒体表现上，但很少有人专门针对头发类型的媒体表现。在本课程中，学生将学习媒体如何增强与黑发有关的负面刻板印象。他们将探索媒体来源，它们提供了与否定观点相反的正面叙述。他们还将确定介导的假黑发叙述对现实生活的影响。

课程： 媒体与社会/媒体与文化，媒体素养，多样性心理学，妇女研究和非裔美国人妇女研究。

目标： 学生将：（1）描述媒体如何增强负面的黑发定型观念；（2）确定黑发的正面媒体描写（反叙述）的组成部分；（3）确定以负面的方式对黑发进行自我表现的方式，无论是个人还是系统地，都会使对黑人的不正确观念和对黑人的负面行动永久存在。