I know this may be reaching, but I want to propose a question, or maybe an idea — not started by me, but is still not as popular as I think it could be.

Looking at black comedians, especially today, quite a few of the most successful comedians rose to fame through social media while having bits about crazy black women. Let me be abundantly clear: I think all of these people are hilarious. I laugh at their skits all the time and they have undeniable talent. I also would like to mention that I'm not saying it's just black comedians that do this. The skits done by the black comedians tend to be more highlighted, as well as the characters more exaggerated.

So let me explain what I mean by that. The "black women" portrayed tend to be insecure, crazy, loud, extra-ghetto, with bad weaves and exaggerated features.

For example...

All I'm saying, which isn't too far fetched in my opinion, is that it doesn't exactly help the stereotype that society has already placed on black women as being loud, ugly, crazy, insecure, ghetto, and messy. Just like how often times, when you see those ignorant posts by black men saying they're leaving black women for white women they say it's because they're prettier and a lot less difficult. It doesn't help abolish the narrative, and it doesn't exactly help our progress as a people.

Also, what would happen if this were to stop? Should it stop? It's a double-edged sword. I'm all for artistic expression and non-censorship. Artistic expression should be free and open to everyone. This just brings us back to the conversation of the censorship of comedians overall and what it could do negatively to that part of the culture. It addresses the fine line between censorship and discretion. But in the grand scheme of things, wouldn't keeping it up continue to keep us at the same spot, or further the ghetto narrative?

It's okay to poke fun at each other. We do it to each other all the time. It's what keeps life going. This is real life they're talking about, people really act like this. But it's not all of us, and there are far too many people in the world that think because they see it being portrayed a lot in the media, then that must mean all black women from their experience are like that, without knowing any of us on their own. Maybe that's where the real problem lies.

Just some food for thought.

Special thanks to BlackGirlLongHair for not being afraid of criticism, starting this conversation, and inspiring this article.