A paper was found online about Tiffany "New York" Pollard and how she portrays the new millinium steroetype of Jezebel and Sapphire. It talks about the similarities between the two including their extreme sexual appetite and her domineering, controlling nature. You can read it here. Here's an excerpt.
As we have previously iterated, the lead female characters on Vh1’s I Love New York represent contemporary examples of two of the most pervasive mediated caricatures of African American women during the 20th century—the Jezebel and Sapphire. Tiffany Pollard as the new millennium Jezebel is typecast in the same one dimensional way as the blaxploitation Jezebel of years past, and as such, she evokes and enacts many of the same troubling stereotypes. “New York’s” lustful appearance, promiscuous demeanor and manipulative behavior make her the perfect Jezebel for the 21st century. And, much like the caricature she embodies, most things about “New York” are a profound exaggeration, from her lengthy highlighted hair weave and thick protracted false eyelashes to the four inch stiletto shoes she dons, she is as complex as a Dick and Jane preschool text.
LMAO! You know I had to come read this one, lol. Is she a stereotype, hell yeah! Does she care? She will one day and be really embarrassed.
ReplyDeleteI doubt that she will be embarrassed. She's to ignorant to realize what she's portraying and toi stupid to care... She gets it from her mama
ReplyDeleteNO kidding she embodies the Jezebel and Sapphire Stereotype to the letter. I wish people like her were not given a forum to embarrass black women even more!
ReplyDeleteI TOTALLY agree with ALL of the above comments, HOWEVER Ms. Tiffany/New York is getting just what she wants (no matter how demeaning and derogatory her portrayal is to US as Black Women)... She wanted to be talked about and remembered (MISSION ACCOMPLISHED)... and she obviously could CARE LESS about the affects of it all... and her so called bible toatin', hedonistic ma'ma is the source of it all.... just as ghetto and low-minded as her daughter. Talk about the apple not falling far from the tree. Somebody take them both shopping - for a CLUE!
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