Looking at the Front Door

I have never seen The Real World before. So reading this essay is all I know about the show. The shows overall feel though seems very much like that of Big Brother especially since the show says that it is about "real people, undirected, sharing their lives". As far as the show goes, I feel that it is very stereotypical of the black man. I find it hard to believe that the black man is the only one in a 3-5 month period that would exhibit some sort of anger, emotional instability, or violence. If any one were to live with the same 7 people for that long, you are most likely going to get into some sort of argument. I feel that the show misrepresents the black man, by not sharing their real life, but just the parts of their lives where they make bad decisions. Only once in the essay does it say that the black man was caring and sensitive. But they then follow that by saying that he chased down a woman and slapped here because she called him gay. For some reason I find it hard to believe that he is the only person that would do that. Most people probably wouldn't go as far as striking a woman, but I sure wouldn't let her get by calling me gay.

In high school, I had a teacher whose roommate in college was black. He said that one day there was a story on the news about a black man being arrested for killing someone. He said that now all black men will be blamed, and looked upon as murders. But if it were a white man being arrested, he would just be considered a failure and no other white man would be blamed. I think that this stereotype is showing throughout this t.v. show and black men are all being thrown into the same bag.

Questions:

1) Why are the black men in the show the only ones being stereotyped?

2) Does the show specifically look for black males that exhibit these poor characteristic to be cast in the show?