Everyone else in my house watches "American Idol." From the many glimpses I've caught of it (half because I simply can't watch that kind of nonsense, and half because they kick me out quickly once I start my predictable commentary), it appears that well over half the contestants are black. I'm sorry, but that's just not believable. With all the white fans of this show, and with whites still vastly outnumbering blacks in the general population, you can't tell me that there aren't a whole lot more white contestants than black ones. Yet, on the show itself, every other face is black. I also have noticed the "urban yodeling" (great term!) To get anywhere on that show, the whites have to sing "black" or in a white mainstream country style. Even then, the blacks are treated quite differently than the white contestants. Simon seems to really relish the chance to blast any white singer, while he always holds back a bit on the black ones. I'll never forget, in the season when that ridiculous black Reuben Studdard won, Simon never said a word about his obesity, or about him not "looking like an American Idol," but there was a very talented white singer (may have been part hispanic) who was just a tad bit chunky, and he raked her over the coals, telling her she needed to lose weight if she wanted to look the part. Yeah, thanks to that kind of stuff being on in the background at home, I know way too much about these stupid shows.
