Love Island South Africa Slammed For Near All-White Cast Despite 80% Black Population
by : Niamh Shackleton on : 01 Mar 2021 12:56
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South Africa has come under fire for its lack of diversity.
The population of South Africa is 80% Black, something which isn’t being portrayed in the new season of
Love Island that largely consists of white contestants.
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The South African edition of the hit dating show launched yesterday, February 28, on M-Net and has already been described as a ‘shockingly embarrassing debut’. It’s currently unavailable to watch in the UK.
Mossel Bay-born Thimna Shooto, 26, is the show’s only Black female contestant.
Everyone has their own version of what happened, she continued. America kind of struggled to understand our relationship based on the small amount they saw each day. It was definitely hard to see the things that people were saying about me. I feel like people wanted to make Connor into a victim.
In the same chat, the 24-year-old went on to claim that both she and Connor made mistakes throughout those early days, and that the latter has even owned up to making choices in the villa that he knew would be hurtful towards her. People weren t always very sympathetic to me, Mackenzie said, suggesting that society tends to criticise women more harshly than men. Anyone who knows how I feel about Connor and knows our relationship knows that I have been so committed to this person through thick and thin.
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After stints in both Fiji and Las Vegas, the Love Island USA crew are headed to Hawaii for the upcoming series
After stints in both Fiji and Las Vegas, the Love Island USA crew are headed to Hawaii for the upcoming series (Image: ITV)
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