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October 27, 2005
Sexuality, race, and close quarters
The guy who wrote this letter to the editor in the Post-Tribune initially sounds like a crazy bigot, then you realize he has a point:
My wife and I were avid watchers of the just recently ended "Big Brother 6" TV show. I wonder if anyone else noted, that to be politically correct, the producers had a black in the house group. However, this black was a gay male.I believe that a gay was selected because he would not have been a threat to the white female members of the group. This way, the producers were able to stay politically correct, while appeasing the bigoted viewers who surely would have objected to seeing a macho black male involved in such close quarters with the white females, who were at times very sexily attired.
Not only was a black gay male selected, but the "Big Brother" show last year also had a gay black male.
On various occasions when producers add a black male, they will also add a black female, or vice versa, who hopefully will attract the black male.
We in America still have a long, long way to go before true democracy without discrimination occurs, if ever.
Wendell W. Levister, Gary
Posted by adrianjo at October 27, 2005 10:08 AM