For many African American women the extremely thin body coupled with the eurocentric face is not realistic. These stereoptypical images of beauty aide in damaging the African American woman's self esteem. Trying to maintain an unrealistic weight level can be physically damaging and psychologically self defeating. Furthermore, the lack of black women images in the media is discouraging at best. A fit woman is a beautiful woman.
Fit women come in all colors too.
Then, there is the belief that women shouldn't work. In society, for some strange reason people can't get the thought out of their minds that women shouldn't have the opportunity to work. The idea that women are supposed to become housewives, stay home all day and take care of the kids is still quite popular. But still women are not being treated equally when it comes to working for a living. Most men still receive higher wages than women.