Outside of Fried chicken and Kool-Aid, Watermelon and cornbread are shown to be other favorite foods to African Americans. .
The Media describes African American to lack good social skills. African Americans are shown to be disrespectful. The stereotypes for black people (especially females) social habits are to be very confrontational. No matter how the conversation may have started; it will end in an argument or fight. The social habits are a black person, talking to somebody with their arms crossed, talking very loud, cursing, interrupting and just being rude for no reason. In the media the social habits of my culture are terrible habits to have, it makes people not want to talk to or be around you. This stereotype causes people of a different culture to believe they cannot be around African Americans without getting into a disagreement or without being embarrassed by their social skills. That's where the term "you can't take black people anywhere" comes from. Because some people believe that African Americans are obnoxious and don't know how to be any other way. .
Religion is shown to be a big deal to African Americans. We are shown to be very religious but also contradicting to our beliefs. For example, Black people are portrayed to go to church every Sunday but often sin every other day. We are shown to sing gospel music with our power house voice, pray before we eat our fried chicken, pray or read the bible before bed, do things that go against our religion and just pray and ask for forgiveness at church on Sunday. Black people are describe to go to church "overdressed" with the big hats and church dresses and tights & also, It is sometimes shown that black ladies that come to church without tights are looked at and talked about rudely at church. .
Black people are portrayed to listen to rap music and gospel music more often than anything else. The media stereotypes blacks as people are not open to any other genres of music.
