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16 Sep, 5 tweets, 2 min read
The “Cookout,” an alliance of six contestants, have made history on #BigBrother by evicting all non-Black competitors, ensuring that the show would finally crown its first Black winner.

So why has the show ignored the historic move?
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Despite numerous opportunities to do so, neither host Julia Chen Moonves nor the show’s announcer has expressly acknowledged the alliance’s purpose of breaking the series’ almost all-white streak of past winners. latimes.com/entertainment-…
The reality show has been repeatedly rocked by charges of racism and cultural insensitivity since its premiere in 2000.

Our reporting from 2019⬇️
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“I think the show is afraid of losing viewers, so they just tiptoe around what the Cookout is doing,” longtime “Big Brother” fan Thane Montgomery said. “The show just let the Cookout happen, but they’re not going to put their endorsement on it." Image
But whether “Big Brother” acknowledges it or not, the Cookout is still making history. Read more from @GeBraxton.
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