Today, I was on a site I check out often called theybf.com and I stumbled upon one of their posts where they feature a trailer that is being shopped around for a show entitled: The Real Mistresses of Atlanta.
Now when I first seen the post, before even opening the post in my head I was like " Not again with the reality shows!" As I clicked on the link to check out the trailer I immediately realized that I should not have. The video seem to encompass and confirm every negative stereotype of Black women, and on top of that whoever is produced this trailer allowed someone to say derogatory and demeaning things about black women. First off, why would one think it is okay to glorify being a mistress? Not only glorifying it but trying to make it seem like something positive, equating it with such terms as being "a boss bitch" and " a woman that is bout they business"--really??? SMH! Most of these people on the trailer, aside from maybe one or two of them I have never seen before in my life, and the one or two of them I know I only seen pictures of them with famous celebrities. This is so sad because it just seems as a whole our community is slowly being dumbed down and force-fed a lot of garbage that does nothing to uplift us and show us in a more positive light. If this trailer actually gets picked up for an actual show, I will not watch it at all, I'm seriously done with these reality shows. I'll admit I was watching them at first, but now I see error in my ways, I am beginning to see that these shows are not only a waste of my time but that they don't offer anything stimulating for me that challenges the way I think about things or the way I look at the world. Now I know what some of you may be thinking, "its just entertainment," true it is, but at what cost to ourselves and our community should we allow this type of entertainment to continue?? Just my own personal rant and some food for thought. The video is below, check it out, I'm sure you will be highly disappointed. SMH
http://youtu.be/BJOLDXRnXDg
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