Reality TV has a ‘race problem’. Just look what happened to Nella Rose
The IndependentI’m A Celebrity’s Nella Rose has become the second star voted out of the jungle, following in the footsteps of Frankie Dettori. It’s not a shock that the 26-year-old social media influencer was in the first cohort of those to be voted out on this particular reality television programme: Black people often are. I’m not making this up: Black former reality contestants such as former Love Islander Mike Boateng, The Circle contestant Manrika Khaira and The Apprentice star Souleyman Bah have all called for more representation at the top, better care for people of colour and greater understanding of how the editing process can impact social media trolling. There are countless examples of ethnic minority contestants receiving a smaller number of votes from members of the public compared with their white counterparts – from Nella Rose and Charlene White’s recent appearances on I’m A Celebrity, to Alexandra De-Gale and Charley Uchea on Big Brother. There’s one more factor that’s important to highlight – and that’s the way that Black female contestants often face a double whammy of sexist and racist abuse: a phenomenon known as misogynoir.
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