MLK on Reality Shows
It might be a little bit better if reality television had a little more reality in it. Blame it on the editing, what people want to see or maybe the reality show cast for being a little thirsty for popularity, but this does not represent who we are or should be as a people. Yes, there are people that cheat, fight and act a fool… granted. However, it is the unbalanced representation we are talking about. We have all of these young black men on reality television that really play the same character… smooth talking bullsh*tters.
There are people in America and throughout the world that may have never met an African American in person. Is this the only picture we want to draw of ourselves? Let’s not even get into the “leading ladies” with the fake body parts and over the top attitudes. Regardless, if you realize it or not, there are young impressionable minds that are watching and immolating this behavior. People say they shouldn’t be watching, but how many of you went out of your way to watch what you were not suppose to watch. Could you imagine Martin Luther King Jr. on a reality show with Coretta?