Reality TV Is Only Now Starting To Grapple With Its Deeply Ingrained Racism

And it’s an intense reckoning, after two white stars of a Real Housewives spinoff were fired when news went public that they had “called the police on former castmate Faith Stowers in 2018 in an attempt to implicate her in a crime she did not commit.” Some of the dominos may be starting to fall – but “as is the case in many corners of the entertainment industry, the ones with greenlight power are also still overwhelmingly white.” – The Hollywood Reporter