When it comes to places that enable racism, work environment, including the set of TV shows, is among the places where black community experience unfair treatment or being the subject of stereotypes.
- Aug 2, 2020
AceShowbiz - "Survivor" may be one the longest-running reality series existing now, but it isn't free of racism scandal. Ramona Gray Amaro, the first black person to compete on the CBS show, got candid in a July interview about her experience while appearing on the show's first season in 2000, "Survivor: Borneo."
Accusing the show of harmful stereotypes, Amaron said, "I became the lazy person, which is the furthest thing from the truth. That really upset me and it took me a long time to get over it. ... To realize, we signed our life away. They can do whatever they want to do."
Fellow black alum J'Tia Hart then took the complaint to a more concrete action by creating a petition on MoveOn.org, demanding changes on the show to help diversify the program. The petition asked the show to insure at least 30 percent of the show's cast is black, indigenous or people of color (BIPOC).
