Sassy Black Woman: Difference between revisions

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She's defined by her vivaciousness, humor and joie de vivre, and can make a good counterpoint to the more grim or snarky members of the cast. In complete contrast to her other variation, is not only a pleasure to be around, but is also so the go to girl for advice and help. These characters usually make good leaders, because though generally fun, insightful, they are still firm in decisions, trustworthy, and speak their minds. Also like the [[Spicy Latina]], the character will usually be sexually liberated and have no qualms acting in a sexual manner, though usually in a less pronounced manner. The positive version is now portrayed a lot more than the negative version, mainly because of the [[Unfortunate Implications]], that portraying black women in only this way had. It's also rather common for the positive variant to be the [[Only Sane Woman]] of a group, in which case her "sass" will be more like "[[Deadpan Snarker|exasperated sarcasm]]".

 

 

And ''[[No Real Life Examples, Please|no real life examples]]'', 'cuz I ain't accepting them, a'ight?

 

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[[Category:Always Female]]

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[[Category:Race Tropes]]