ABC’s “The Bachelorette” and Netflix’s “Love Is Blind” are among the reality television shows highlighting successful pairings of Black singles finding love.
Reality TV is starting to show the world what healthy Black love can look like.
That’s been changing, though, and Black couples have started to win in the end; in addition to Lawson and Olubeko, the fourth season of the Netflix hit show, “Love Is Blind” saw Tiffany Pennywell and Brett Brown saying “I do” at the altar. This seemingly small shift of successful Black relationships on reality dating shows is debunking long-held stereotypes that are often played up on the genre about Black relationships and Black people as partners.
Black women are also simply being presented as desirable on reality TV made for the masses, while also having agency to chart their own journeys for love, said Brandy Monk-Payton, an assistant professor at Fordham University’s department of communication and media studies. The couple, who live in Portland, Oregon, said they both had positive examples of Black love growing up, which provided them with a model for what they wanted in their own marriage. Pennywell Brown’s parents have been married for more than 35 years, and have “a healthy Black love where they’ve supported one another,” she said. Her husband’s parents have been together 34 years. Both said they found the examples set by their own fathers to be foundational.
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