The Real World – Just Your Regular, Reality Show Racism

by Latoya Peterson

The new season of the Real World is on. This one is The Real World XX: Hollywood.

Wendi saw something shady and dropped us an email. *sigh* I rolled over to the MTV site to see what new manufactured racism for ratings was in store for me.

(Please note – the videos are embedded but now direct you to the MTV website. I don’t know why that is happening.)

They don’t dissapoint, do they?

In the video, the housemmates fight and the white, southern roommate Kim starts calling the black, braided roommate Brianna ghetto. The fight escalates, screaming starts, more allegations of ghetto, Brianna calls her a white bitch, and then we get to my favorite quote.

Kim: “I don’t care where you’re from, if you’re from the most inner city…blackville.”

Yeah, spit that word out. Bllllaaaaaackville. Just let the contempt ooze out of your mouth. Look at her face y’all, it says it all.

I also love that the other roommate (Sarah) giggles into her hand, “You should really watch what you say.”

Meanwhile, some benevolent other black person in the house (Greg) decides to broker a fake peace argreement where neither girl looks at each other, they end in an awkward hug, and Brianna promises that more racial altercations will come. Video:

Page 1 of 2 | Next page