Examining Racism With FX Networks’ New Reality Series “Black. White.”

Posted by on March 2nd, 2006   Filed under: TV

Here’s an interesting new reality show that’s bound to spark some controversy. FX Networks has teamed with producers R.J. Cutler (The War Room), Ice Cube and Matt Alvarez (Next Friday, Friday After Next) to create Black. White., a series where one white family and one black family take on massive make-up transformations to undergo a “race change” if you will. The show hopes to delve into the differences between black and white culture and how each are treated in society. The last time a reality show tried to test bigotry and prejudice, it was cancelled before it even had a chance to air due to public outcry (ABC’s Welcome To The Neighborhood). For a closer look at the makeovers that each family received, check out this photo gallery. Black. White. premieres on Wednesday March 8th at 10 pm only on FX Networks (which isn’t available in Canada so I guess we’ll have to torrent it).

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  • Chopper

    i seen something like this on oprah, NO i dont watch oprah on a regular basis, anyways, i think that this will suck large. i mean from the makeup in the picture above is horrible, anyone can tell they are white people. what is it going to be next.

  • Yeah, this is just plain, all out, pandering. All touchy feely and full of fuzzy goodness. It means shit because its the focus on skin colour as opposed to other factors that may be involved with “racism”.