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Originally Posted by Jamie89
Hmm, I do think that racism and sexism can sometimes play a part in how well contestants do in RTV shows. To deny that would be to deny that racism and sexism exist imo. I don't think it effects outcomes to a major extent though as I think there a far more people who aren't racist or sexist, and there are probably a bunch of people who are kinda racist and/or sexist who occasionally like black/female contestants. It's probably not so black and white (no pun intended). As in, yes I imagine there's an influence there but it's not so determinate that it means black women will always perform worse than everyone else.
Makosi is probably a bad example for them to use though. Wasn't she the favourite to win for the first few weeks? She was hugely popular with the public, it turned around after she lied about getting pregnant and much of her behaviour after that.
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All the women mentioned in the article are all from different backgrounds and have different personalities the only thing they have in common is their race .
Makosi is a BAD example for sure as she ruined her own chances of winning but i don't think she would of won anyway , some people even think Kinga had a chance which is laughable
and that the nasty wine bottle incident ruined her chances
.But Neither of them would of won.
Anthony was a fav to win for a long time and the crap with Craig just gained him more votes ,probably sympathy votes having to put up with an emotional unstable stalker
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But let's all be real when we acknowledge racism , sexism and other prejudices still exists today
, I don't always think discrimination is the result of something bad happening to a contestant but it does definitely play a part sometimes .
And the statistics for these shows don't look good atall .