Is Healthy Black Love Possible on Reality TV? feat. Nephew Tommy

For Colored Nerds

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Society & Culture

4.8 • 827 Ratings

🗓️ 8 March 2022

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Love is Blind, Married at First Sight, Love Island... what do all these shows have in common? Total and absolute chaos for the Black contestants, that's what! This week, Brittany and Eric discuss the fraught experiences of Black people on reality dating shows, and how one show in particular is setting the stage for a better path forward. Then, comedian and host of Ready to Love, Tommy "Nephew Tommy" Miles, joins the show to give his take on dating, love, and accountability.

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0:00.0	There needs to be an understanding that casting black people who actually date black people for not cheating reasons, don't lose that, is very urgent.
0:14.2	Hi, I'm Eric.
0:15.4	And I'm Brittany.
0:16.5	And this is for colored nerds.
0:18.2	The weekly show where we peel back the layers of black culture that we rarely discuss
0:22.6	in mixed company.
0:24.0	And this week, we are getting into Brittany and my favorite pastime reality dating shows.
0:31.8	You have heard us go on and on about 90-day fiancé, married at first sight, love, island, and so on and so forth.
0:39.0	But watching them as a black person can be a little rough.
0:42.8	Yes.
0:43.2	So today, we're going to get into what those shows get very, very wrong.
0:48.6	But I'll also be sharing one that gets it very right.
0:52.7	Yes.
0:53.1	And this is a show for The Seasoned Lover, a show that's right. Yes, and this is a show for
0:54.4	The Seasoned Lover,
0:56.6	a show that's messy, fun,
0:58.2	and still kind of wholesome.
0:59.7	And later, we're getting relationship tips
1:01.4	from the host of Ready to Love
1:03.1	and co-host of the Steve Harvey Morning Show,
1:05.8	the one and only Tommy Miles,
1:08.6	aka nephew Tommy.
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