Abstract
News story narratives often depict people of color in harmful, stereotypical ways (e.g., as crime prone or unable to reform). However, examinations of story narratives may be incomplete because most people do not read news stories in their entirety. Instead, most people take in only a story’s prominent elements—the photograph, the headline, and the caption. With critical race feminism as a theoretical framework, we used content analysis to examine whether crime story photographs, headlines, and captions varied depending on the race/ethnicity of a woman or girl perpetrator (White, Black, or Latina). We found that these three elements—alone and in combination—were more likely to be unfavorable for non-White women and girls compared to White women and girls. Our findings may help explain how racist stereotypes of women and girls of color persist.