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Tuesday, March 6, 2012

When Did Evelyn Lozado Become Black?


I'm tired of people saying that Basketball Wives is showing black women in a bad light. Last I checked, Evelyn was doing most of the fighting and she's Puerto Rican. There is no need to claim her because she doesn't claim the black community. I don't get why when there is a mainly black cast of a reality show, it represents the entire black community but Hispanics, Italians, any other kind of European, Gay shows, and Asians seem to get a pass. You never hear about RHONJ or Jersey Shore being a reflection of the whole Italian community, the common consensus is that these women represent themselves.Or Kim on RHOA is never criticized for showing white women as gold diggers, for some reason it's understood that she represents herself and she gets a pass for her ratchet behavior, which is another post for another day.

Why can't it be like that for black people? Why are these five or six people, acting a fool for $3,500 an episode considered an accurate portrayal of all black people? Why can't they represent themselves?

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