A stigma is another word for a negative stereotype linked with a standard of living. One stigma I can speak about is the theory that all African American women are “ghetto”. People define the ghetto as a poor section of a city occupied by a group of less fortunate people. The term 'ghetto' has been taken and labeled all over America as a characteristic of black women, implying that we all are obnoxious, very loud, have no class, always have attitude and the bare minimum of education.
That stigma is so far from the truth. I’m an African American women and I don’t have any of those characteristics. I’m the complete opposite I am kind enrolled in college now my personality could easily be described as happy go lucky. I do know multiple women that could easily be labeled as ghetto in today’s society, but they’re of all ethnicities not just African American.
In movies and on television nine times out of ten, black women are portrayed in a negative light. The reality show “Basketball Wives” that airs on VH1 is one particular show that gives us a bad reputation. The main six characters on the show are all of my descent, and all they do is argue and fight about trivial things. The violence on the show is nasty and disgraceful to women period. I can’t watch the show because I hate the storyline, how it depicts women crawls under my skin. I understand reality TV is based on hostility, because America feeds on drama. With me being the 20-year-old African American woman that I am I have to vow to myself never to make that stigma true. I’m going to continue practicing all my morals in hopes that I can be a role model to women period. 
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