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These findings are a lot more obvious about the subject of misogynoir, but I wanted to discuss them anyway. As they both mentioned, they have presented a more reserved persona which has been mistranslated as them being inherently aggressive. As we have discussed, there is this notion that black people, especially black women, are a lot tougher than their white “counterparts.” Society just cannot see a black woman as “soft” and “delicate.” Which is why we have the “angry black woman” stereotype. I find it especially interesting with the original tweet as it comes across like she did not see the underlying misogynoir. It just goes to show how normalized this way of thinking is that even those who are victims of it cannot identify it when it is done to them. It is possible the original poster does not think too deeply on why they are perceived this way. There is nothing inherently wrong with not wanting to think deeper into such matters, especially because once you do you cannot unsee it. However, it still saddens me as it makes me think about my past experiences that I did not register as racist/misogynistic, and therefore “allowed” myself to be subjected to these negative ideals.