women of color in media
Being a woman and being fairly portrayed in media is already difficult enough. Being a woman of color in media is doubly difficult. Women of color are incredibly underrepresented in all forms media, whether it's print, broadcast, online, or on screen. Take for example the casting of the characters in the popular movie Hunger Games. Katniss, the protagonist of the story, is portrayed as a girl with black straight hair and olive skin, implying her to be a girl of Middle Eastern or Native American origins. However, the casting crew specifically stated that only white actresses could audition for the role because they assumed that a white actress would bring in more profit, and ended up choosing Jeniffer Lawrence, a decision about which no one complained. However, Facebook and twitter exploded with shocked, angry, confused and some frightfully racist comments about the fact that a black actress was cast to play Rue, a character that was described as having dark brown skin and eyes in the book.
Besides the unattainable vision of perfection that women have to deal with, nonwhite females have to also have to tackle the standard of beauty that has been established as white.