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{{trope}}
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{{quote|''"I am fat, black, cranky and menopausal. You do '''not''' want to mess with me!"''
There appears to be a growing trend for making the [[Da Chief]] the polar opposite of the old, white man he always was in the past. There's a new boss in town, okay? And the [[Cowboy Cop]], or whatever smart-alec subordinate she has better watch out, because she ain't putting up with any of his crap.
The
Because the
When it comes to drama, her blackness is hardly ever mentioned, her femaleness being the main source of plot. This being so she won't have much of an [[American Accents|Urban Accent]] or have many tropes stereotypically associated with blackness. She almost never slips into [[Sassy Black Woman]], for instance. She's also usually very well-dressed, in a business skirt-suit or slacks (nothing even remotely risque), and it's not uncommon for her clothes to be somewhat masculine. Often she has managed to have her cake and eat it too (mostly) in that she has both a shining career and a family.
One could reasonably consider the
{{examples|Examples:}}▼
== [[Comic Books]] ==
* Amanda Waller, in [[DC Comics]]' Cadmus, Suicide Squad, and related organizations, is widely recognized as one of the few people who can make Batman think twice about messing with her. Heck, she's taken on Granny Goodness (right-hand woman to ''Darkseid'') and walked away.
* In the comic book version of ''[[Wanted (Comic Book)|Wanted]]'' Wesley's emasculating boss is a black woman.
* Psiren, the leader of Psi-Cops from [[Marvel]]'s [[Warlock (comics)|Warlock]].
== [[Film]] ==
* Appears in the Paul Verhoeven ''[[Starship Troopers (
* [[Knight and Day]]: Isabel George, the CIA's Director of Counter-Intelligence fits this trope as she is [[Da Chief
* In 1986, audiences applauded when the captain of the USS ''Saratoga'' was revealed to be [http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/USS_Saratoga_%28NCC-1887%29_personnel#Saratoga_Captain_.28.CE.B2.29 a black woman] (played by Madge Sinclair) in ''[[Star Trek IV:
== [[Live
* Madeleine Hightower, the second boss the fictional CBI (California Bureau of Investigation) receives in ''[[The Mentalist]]''.
* Colleen Manus, Regional Director for the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, Florida's state police, in ''[[The Glades]]''.
* Lt. Tanya Rice, head of Dwight's Memphis city police squad in ''[[Memphis Beat]]''.
* Jessica Pearson, Harvey's boss and founder of the law firm in ''[[
* Lieutenant Van Buren, for many years [[Da Chief]] in ''[[Law
* Lieutnant Laguerta in ''[[Dexter]]'' also fits the trope in everything except actually being African-American (she's a Latina). At the start of Season 2, however, she was once demoted in favour of a black female officer who proved unable to handle the job because of difficulties in her love life, which is something of a subversion.
* [[Da Chief]] from [[Where in
* Also in ''[[Detroit
* Helen from ''[[Drake and Josh]]''.
* Camille Saroyan from ''[[Bones]]''
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* Victoria "Iron" Gates is [[The Umbridge]] in ''[[Castle]]'' {{spoiler|after the death of Captain Montgomery. [[Bait and Switch Tyrant|She's not as bad as she seems, though]]}}.
* A lot of characters on [[ER]] answer to Dr. Angela Hicks.
* ''[[
* Heylia James from ''[[Weeds]]'' definitely qualifies too.
* Captain Claudette Wyms from ''[[The Shield]]''.
* There have been a number of black lady admirals and high-ranking officers on ''[[Star Trek:
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* Amanda Waller ([[Ur Example|again]]) in the ''[[Justice League]]'' and ''[[Young Justice (
* The Principal in ''[[Sitdown,shutup]]''.
* [[Da Chief]] in the [[Netflix]] version of ''[[Carmen Sandiego]]'', clearly an [[Homage]] to the one in the game show.
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