Who Is Madame Noire?
Interview by Kweli Wright
Name: Will Dawson
Title: Blogger, dawsonink.com
Twitter handle: @dawsonink
What makes the ideal Madame Noire?
From what I’ve observed, the key to being ideal is balance. For example, putting too much emphasis on career and sacrificing family time, or not being ambitious enough to achieve potential due to family/relationship drama–both of those scenarios rob individuals of time and energy…robs them of their chance to succeed at anything, and will have them running in place. So ideally, being balanced solves those problems.
Is the media (news and reality shows) having a “field day” with black women? Why black women and why now?
It would seem so. I blame it on the sudden crop of reality shows built around finding love for black women. From “Let’s Talk About Pep” to “What Chilli Wants” to the insane and inane “Real Housewives of Atlanta” and “Basketball Wives,” more and more of these shows are portraying sisters as being too picky, or too demanding, or worse yet, confused. So that’s what the media sees and in turn, tries to capitalize on it. Unfortunately, exploiting black women and their “issues” are en vogue right now. Money is to be made by magazines and television shows as they “explore” what ails the community. Hopefully, it’s all cyclical. Because clearly, what is being talked about and what “seems to be the problem” do not represent the vast minority.
