Meghan Markle has no problem with getting vulnerable and going deep on Archetypes, her relatively new Spotify podcast — and the latest episode, released Tuesday, is no exception. The Duchess of Sussex centered her seventh episode on an issue Black women have dealt with since the beginning of time — being characterized as the “angry Black woman,” with no real evidence to substantiate the claim — and she invited Insecure and Rap Sh!t creator Issa Rae and comedian and talk show host Ziwe on the show to discuss it.
The “angry Black woman” trope has impacted all three women throughout their lives, at times influencing their communication styles to ensure they’re not being viewed as “bitchy” or “too demanding” when they’re confidently asserting themselves. Put simply, it’s a harmful caricature that shrinks Black women down into one generalized, limiting descriptor.
