Tamera Mowry- Housley exclaims: "Everyone loves a good quesadilla!"
Recently on another episode that I tuned in to watch the women and producers thought it would be a great idea to have a Mexican food segment and dress up in sombreros, mustaches, and panchos. Just Why? Why would one sit there and plan a segment and think oh hey this is a good idea, let's include stereotypical garb and mockery in our segment. For a show that is highlighted by women of color, I had hoped for a little more progressiveness but not a total slide back into racial and ethnic stereotyping and mockery. I am almost scared to think if blackface and an "Aunt Jemima" costume would be required for the soul food cooking segment.
"The Real" was once a daytime talk show I was in full support of but more and more I am seeing the reasons why simply having women of color on TV is not enough of a good thing to get my views.
"The Real" was once a daytime talk show I was in full support of but more and more I am seeing the reasons why simply having women of color on TV is not enough of a good thing to get my views.
When the idea and line up for the daytime talk show first came about I was extremely happy. I had never before seen a daytime talk show represented by women of different races, cultures and ethnic background. Put even more plainly I was excited to see some women of color on my daytime screen for the first time in my life.
Because of this reason I made sure to support thirst test runs on FOX and continue to watch their showing on late night BET. I could even stand to watch the same topics week after week about "getting coins", make up tips, relationships, and the overall hyper-feminine discussions they seam to repeat. However, little by little I started noticing the subtle nuances on insensitive cultural and ethnic phrases and discussions cast behind "The Real's" discussion table. In one episode, the women discuss keeping "a Judy" around or a male gay best friend to keep your relationship with your spouse or boyfriend alive. They concluded that having "a Judy" meant you would have to talk your man's ear off. This put me off as I sat and watched grown women sit and talk about gay men as if they were purses or commodities to their life and their center story.
Because of this reason I made sure to support thirst test runs on FOX and continue to watch their showing on late night BET. I could even stand to watch the same topics week after week about "getting coins", make up tips, relationships, and the overall hyper-feminine discussions they seam to repeat. However, little by little I started noticing the subtle nuances on insensitive cultural and ethnic phrases and discussions cast behind "The Real's" discussion table. In one episode, the women discuss keeping "a Judy" around or a male gay best friend to keep your relationship with your spouse or boyfriend alive. They concluded that having "a Judy" meant you would have to talk your man's ear off. This put me off as I sat and watched grown women sit and talk about gay men as if they were purses or commodities to their life and their center story.
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