And that is not an opinion Tyra said so herself. I took a deep breath deciding to stay silent because despite though odds Tiffany did better than most. At this point, I can feel my blood boiling at the accusation of her ability to read, being linked to the fact that she is a young black single mother from the hoods of Miami. Yet one of the people in the room, said that it is because Tiffany can’t read. In my head, I thought it was because what Keenya had said earlier on in the day. So, when it came to Tiffany’s turn, her usual confident exterior was replaced by a nervous shake. ![]() You can already tell how this is going to go. That week’s challenge was to read a teleprompter in front of the judges. Every week they have the challenge to do in front of the judges. I thought that as a society, we have moved passed the idea that your accent reflects your intelligence, but I guess I was wrong when some of my friends piped up in an agreeance with Keenya. Her words were along the lines of: “just because you are from the hood doesn’t mean you should talk like you are.” I was bewildered watching someone belittle someone just because of the way that they talk. The contestant, Tiffany, found herself in a tough place when Keenya, a fellow, black contestant, commented on her hood like attitude and jargon. The episode that we were watching was the one with the infamous meme, “We were all rooting for you.” Taken out of context, the phrase itself was funny but inserted into the events of the episode, and it was insensitive, rude, and borderline ignorant. With some, “this is ridiculous” or “come-ons.” Now let me set the scene a bit more. Now I don’t know if this was the best course of action, but my silent reactions slowly became more vocal. And although I was utterly shocked that something like this could be aired on television even for the ’00s, the people around me found it hilarious. ![]() Particular challenges like the switching of ethnicity *insert intense eye roll here*or the comments that judges made that can come off as very very ignorant. Let’s say that the show did not age well at all. Recently my friends and I were on a binger of old seasons of America’s Next Top model, which could be a blog post itself.įor the sake of keeping my rant on the show sort. However, it has everything to do with this blog. Now I know that you all are probably thinking what does that have to do with the topic of the blog. It seems like recently I have been finding myself in situations where I may have come off as a bit of a party pooper. Okay, I had something else in mind when thinking about what would be my first post of the new semester, but at this moment, I can not articulate myself in a way that would be enjoyable for an audience to read.
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