Tyler Choosing Courtney as a First Date on 'Temptation Island' Season 6 Was Another Example of the Mistreatment of Black Women in Reality TV

The reality TV world has yet again shown its hand in its discriminatory treatment of Black women. In Season 1 of Netflix's reboot of Temptation Island,Tyler and Tayler, a white cisgender heterosexual couple, came on the show to test the sanctity of their already rocky relationship. When it came time for each partner to choose from a pool of singles for a first date, Tyler purposefully chose one of the few Black women on the show because she was not his “usual type” to spite Tayler. This intentional decision of his is, sadly, another crystal-clear example of how, identical to the real world, Black women are objectified and taken advantage of for the sake of “entertainment” in the reality TV genre.