Next month marks the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights March on Washington. Yet as America debates the acquittal of Trayvon Martin’s killer, George Zimmerman, it is clear that the nation’s long conversation about race is far from over. And though President Barack Obama spoke in measured terms on the news channels last Friday, on reality TV, that conversation remains raw and unsettling. CBS is presently airing the 15th series of the US version of Big Brother. Historically, the network has shied away from showing its contestants’ racist behaviour, often removing all trace of bigotry from the show’s prime-time...
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