[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.