Are Black Women on Reality TV A Reflection of Real Life?

By Bene VieraI love reality TV and I won’t apologize for it either. Maybe that makes me a part of the problem. It is entertaining and packed with drama, but the critic in me is highly interested in race, popular culture and gender representations on television which keep me tuning in at least three days a week to various reality shows. MTV’s “Real World” was my first introduction to reality TV at