Attitudes toward reality television have become pretty nasty because the amount of reality shows out here are mostly fake and degrading to watch, seeing grown ass people exploiting themselves to some level of some bullshit. What happened to quality reality shows where we would peer into people’s unadulterated lives and watching their stories unfold without seeing them losing self-respect and dignity for the sake of fame.
{For a great example this year we saw Mimi Faust (who is cast member of Love and Hip Hop Atlanta) going out of her way to stay relevant on this show by filming a porno with that gap-toothed rat she calls her boyfriend Nikko Smith and claiming it was stolen when they clearly did a deal with the owner of Vivid Entertainment for it to be filmed. She got the attention she wanted but all attention is good attention, people lost respect for her and look down on her because she really showed how pathetic she is on so many levels and she has a young daughter that will see this and even get bullied from it. These people never think where their choices might have on other people. }
And most of the reality shows feature people of colour displaying a overwhelmingly negative and dramatic images that some people quickly attach to that race, if black people don’t already have negative rep, we have to now capitalize on these connotations that we’re uncivilized, money-hungry, violent, whores. Positive reality shows are generally regarded as “boring” and never get the high viewership numbers that ratchet shows enjoy.
Who’s to blame for this ? the viewers and those contracted to have themselves taped in this degrading manner and I also blame the producers of these shows because their motives and morals are not placed in the right place that they would use large platforms to put out such negative images and make money from it all, not knowing how painfully impactful they are on us that have to deal with these stereotypes.
Joseline Hernandez
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