[Macie Lightfoot]

Originally Posted by JerseyWins

He wasn't comparing the two just because he referred to her bleeding from the mouth like Bayleigh, he was moreso contrasting the two in his comments. They were imagining what she's like outside the show and he acknowledged she was was quiet in the house so he imagined her basically being the opposite: like Bayleigh when she's watching the show at home now. It's like a funny thing to picture... like something you wouldn't expect to see from someone who's quiet. You can assume there's racist connotations or bias or something there but it was Bayleigh's behavior being the opposite as Kemi's that was the key there. Just because their skin color is the same doesn't automatically mean anything.

The context was very clearly light-hearted (not mean-spirited, not in a negative tone, not demeaning her) regardless of what you think of it involving race anyway.

"He wasn't comparing, he was contrasting" is a particularly banal and egregious response because, again, the heart of the concern is that it was even done in the first place and that there's *still* speculation a full six weeks later about who The Real Kemi is behind closed doors. Her entire stint in the house consisted of the vast majority of the house waiting for her to blow up and snap and ~show her true colors~, and when she hasn't given them what they wanted they're still speculating and holding onto the possibility as to what she's really like on the outside. Like, no one's wondered who the real Bella is or who the real Sam is but some of them are still holding onto the hope that Kemi's secretly the angry black woman, probably as means to justify their feelings about her. Whether or not you want to call it racism, let's call a spade a spade and recognize the clear unconscious bias and stereotyping.

Originally Posted by DouglasS

I have no idea what shtick you’re on about? It’s just a baseless comparison race doesn’t matter. He was just comparing two different personality traits he was not similar they were similar?

Bayleigh was the biggest screamer / most aggressive arguer of last season (or tied with rockstar, but that still only leaves 2 houseguests to pick from last years houseguests).

He was literally just making a joke saying imagine this quiet person is actually like this loud/vocal person screaming at the Tv. No race was involved whatsoever.

Had Bayleigh been like Kaycee/Haleigh and not really got involved in arguments I would see your point

Again, the "joke" doesn't exactly land and isn't exactly benign when the punchline is essentially "Ha, just imagine if Kemi put on a front in here and is actually just as loud and angry as the black girl who was on the show last year!" If their personalities are so different, why would they need to be compared in the first place? Why was she compared to Bayleigh rather than Rockstar? Why aren't the same speculations being made about other evictees? At some point you just have to take your fingers out of your ears and acknowledge what's in front of you.