Reality Stars Get Real About Being Bold, Brave and Black on TV
may have their fair share of disagreements on-camera, they all agreed on how important it was to have representation off-camera.
"We've had lots of conversations on who's editing the show," she said. "If you don't understand what a Black woman means when she's saying a certain thing, the way it's edited comes off totally the wrong way. We've asked for Black editors because they understand what we're saying." Dr. Jackie and her co-stars took it even further. "We need Black producers because we need them to understand when you're in our house," she added. "We need people who look like us because they think like us and they understand us."contestants experienced in earlier seasons. According to the TV host, the show didn't always have people behind the camera that knew how to tell Black stories.
"I remember being on that island and being interviewed by producers who could not understand my point of view because they were not a Black woman," she said. "We can talk about diversity all day, but how are we having inclusion in telling these Black and brown stories?"
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