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Editorial comment: why is it never noted that Justin is black?
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Actually the Salon article mentions that Justin is bi-racial.
But I like the fact that the author points out every obnoxious thing done by every black reality show contestant ever (and I can, of course, name ten times as many bad-behaving white contestants) and blames their behavior on the network -- how
dare the network actually air footage of minorities acting inappropriately? Never mind the fact that the networks salivate over getting
anybody to act like a jackass to improve the "quality" of their reality shows.
I think there is a good argument to be made for invidious (or maybe not so invidious) racism in reality tv, but that author did not make the argument.
Specifically, the casting of black people on Survivor has always looked suspicious to me because just about every damn black person they cast just so happens to extremely religious -- no stereotypes there, huh? Also, almost every black male contestant has been edited to look lazy. And I DO believe that editing is a key component of this -- I'm sure that every survivor contestant takes naps on a regular basis, but only the shots of Gervaise, Sean, Nick and Clarence seemed to make it into the final cuts of the episodes.
And if it's only racist white American voters voting in American Idol, how come there are 1 1/2 black people left in the competition, while the overal ratio of blacks to whites is much much lower?
That said, Tamyra Grey was a travesty. But she is better off for losing.
