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    Student Submission – Current Event VCU SPR25 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.…