Throughout her questions, she remained calm and coherent, providing the panel with eloquent answers to their questions. Hill chose to come forward, years after her harassment, because she knew it was the right thing to do. She provided the public with a portrait of a calm, educated black woman standing up against sexual violence, a portrait new to much of the American public. Diallo, however, became a scapegoat in the media, with rumors about her sexual promiscuity, bad morals, unreliability, etc. She was portrayed as a sexually and morally deviant black woman, which is a very common stereotype.