When white women display anger, which eschews traditional norms of femininity and nurture, they’re often called crazy, but that’s treated as an individual character flaw. For women of color, the feedback becomes racialized, “such as being called a ‘hysterical Latina woman,’ or ‘angry, Black woman,’ or ‘sad Asian woman,’” Chemaly notes. A white woman’s race isn’t weaponized on top of the gender bias that they face. When white women are perceived as angry, it’s considered a one-off character trait, but for women of color, it builds on a negative stereotype that already impacts their career
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