 Michelle insisted that portrayal is not accurate.The "strong black woman" stereotype is a discourse through which primarily black middle-class women in the black Baptist Church instruct working-class black women on morality, self-help and economic empowerment, and assimilative values in the bigger interest of racial uplift and pride (Higginbotham, 1993).In this narrative, the woman documents middle-class women attempting to push back against dominant racist narratives of black women being immoral, promiscuous, unclean, lazy and manner-less by engaging in public outreach campaigns that include literature that warns against brightly colored clothing, gum chewing, loud talking, and unclean homes, among other directives.