A pretty good mix of women to choose from
These shows definitely choose the “safe negro” archetype. I’ll just leave it at that.
Didn’t look at his occupation.Safe? The man is a day trader
Facts.Didn’t look at his occupation.
Basing this solely on his aesthetics. These shows and their producers all have a particular type they like to promote when it comes back male/female sexuality.
You will never see a 6ft4, dark skinned alpha male as a lead in a reality show like this. As much controversy as it would raise and bring them ratings, the backlash wouldn’t be worth it to them.
They need a middle of the road, not too threatening Will Smith (pre-slap) level of blackness. The kind they trust around their daughter.
Come on, no one is saying that. Especially when history has shown our most thorough brothers against white supremacy have been light skinned (Muhammad Ali, Farrakhan, Malcolm X, Huey P Newton etc.)So according to the coli only dark skin nikkas are “alpha”
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Didn’t look at his occupation.
Basing this solely on his aesthetics. These shows and their producers all have a particular type they like to promote when it comes back male/female sexuality.
You will never see a 6ft4, dark skinned alpha male as a lead in a reality show like this. As much controversy as it would raise and bring them ratings, the backlash wouldn’t be worth it to them.
They need a middle of the road, not too threatening Will Smith (pre-slap) level of blackness. The kind they trust around their daughter.
I know you weren’t directly saying it but it was sounding like bc he looked a certain way that he wasn’t “alpha”. I get what you’re saying though. They won’t cast a dark skinned dude with all those women bc he’s dark skinned and it’ll be betrayed as a black show and put off cacs, etc, etc but the wording was weirdCome on, no one is saying that. Especially when history has shown our most thorough brothers against white supremacy have been light skinned (Muhammad Ali, Farrakhan, Malcolm X, Huey P Newton etc.)
We’re talking about reality tv dating shows, they’ll pick a certain type of black man/woman. This isn’t trying to denigrate any skin tones.
I hear what you’re saying. I would say the same if it was a Carlton Banks cornball type brother. I’ve never perpetuated the dumb “light skinned men soft/feminine” jokes. It just perpetuates CACs ideology.I know you weren’t directly saying it but it was sounding like bc he looked a certain way that he wasn’t “alpha”. I get what you’re saying though. They won’t cast a dark skinned dude with all those women bc he’s dark skinned and it’ll be betrayed as a black show and put off cacs, etc, etc but the wording was weird
safe negro not always not a real nikka though, i aint seen the show in a minute but they had a couple of cool nikkas on the show but yeah you do need to be if not whitewashed, palatable to white audiences. this a show for middle america in the end, the ideal male contestant is probably high school qb and female is cheerleader or beauty queen.These shows definitely choose the “safe negro” archetype. I’ll just leave it at that.