Former Reality TV Contestants Hold Forum on African-American Portrayal on American Television
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Tuesday, June 23, 2020
CHICAGO, June 23, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --This Friday, June 26, The Souls Survivor Organization, a group formed by former African American participants of the American reality television series, Survivor, will host ' Tribes and Tribulations' a live discussion of their experiences being Black on a competitive reality television series.
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- CHICAGO, June 23, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --This Friday, June 26, The Souls Survivor Organization, a group formed by former African American participants of the American reality television series, Survivor, will host ' Tribes and Tribulations' a live discussion of their experiences being Black on a competitive reality television series.
- The conversation will be streamed via YouTube and through the event page starting at 6:30 pm ET.The event will focus on uncovering racism and producing a change for the future of reality television, as we know it.
- The group is also championing an online petition to support anti-racism efforts by Survivor.
- "The intersectionality between race and reality television is seen but not discussed," said Julia Carter, a contestant from Survivor Season 38.