Just when you thought reality TV couldn't get any more grotesque, enter "Welcome To the Neighborhood," which premiers on ABC next month.
This latest display of gross exploitation features three white self-described "Christian" families who get to pick their new neighbors from among a group of minority families--including a gay couple with an adopted child of color (that kind of exposure should do wonders for this child's self esteem, huh?).
So which is more disgusting? The fact that ABC show producers signed off on this or the people who actually subjected themselves to this kind of exposure--competing to impress opinionated neighbors to win a house? In the end, predominant social biases will continue to thrive if the ratings are high enough.
What's next, compete to impress "new-and-improved" Ku Klux Klan members to win their approval? Is this the same America that proposes to be the beacon of moral standards for the rest of the world?
Anyone else care to chime in on this latest train wreck?
