[Headie]

Originally Posted by Macie Lightfoot

yeah it's not a matter of people being explicitly racist, but this is a show that routinely rewards white people for being average and is extremely forgiving towards them, and you have to work your butt off to impress the public as a person of color.

Pretty much this

I also think typecasting plays a major part too e.g. the "Angry Black Woman", "Abrasive Asian Woman" etc.

[Jason.]

Originally Posted by Hayden

Pretty much this

I also think typecasting plays a major part too e.g. the "Angry Black Woman", "Abrasive Asian Woman" etc.

I agree with this. BBUK relies too much on stereotypes when casting housemates and we always end up getting the same personality. It's like they're cast to play a certain role and it's really annoying.

Out of the many black women we've had on BBUK there's only really been a few which didn't fit into that 'angry black woman' stereotype - Melanie, Alison, Makosi, Vanessa, Rachael (but even then they were either evicted early or vilified by the public by the time they left the house )