Shakes here...
Back in June, I mentioned a reality show called “Welcome to the Neighborhood,” in which three white, self-described "Christian" families in Texas got to pick their new neighbors from among a group of minority families, including an African-American family, a Korean family, a Latino family, a gay family, one family in which husband and wife were heavily tattooed, and another in which the parents were Wiccans. The very premise was rather stomach-turning; the families who were selected to choose their new neighbors were making shockingly biased generalizations and hateful statements about the families competing for the nearly million-dollar prize in the Austin suburb. It seemed rife with the potential to be exploitative, minimizing the realities of very serious issues like racism, homophobia, and housing discrimination.
Nonetheless, the show went on, and after four weeks of filming, the Wrights, a gay couple, won. The show was scheduled to air in July, but it never showed up.
