Black & Republican v. Southern & Gay on this year’s Real World Denver
The Real Word, Denver might just hold some surprises this season as the most classic of stereotypical oxymorons meet head on: Black Republican v. Southern Gay Christian frat boy.
Davis Mallory (pictured above), described as your “typical” frat-boy type is from Georgia. He grew up in a consertive Southern Baptist family… and he’s gay. If not for him telling or for his appearance on Real World for all the world to see, you wouldn’t even think he was gay.
Stephen Nichols (also pictured above, in background) describes himself as a “black conservative.” He is president of his College Republican chapter at Howard University. He’s deeply religious and quite outspoken.
In one preview of the season I’ve seen, Stephen tells Davis, “There’s something wrong for you being gay.” Davis responds, “You just said something was wrong with me being gay? What if I said something was wrong for you being black!?”
Yeah… I’m definitely watching this season. The last season I watched regularly was Real World, New Orleans, but this season is going to be a blast.
Real World, Denver starts on Wednesday, November 22, 2006, 10pm on MTV.
I’m really glad that Davis is on the show. I think the way he was raised it really similar to how I was raised. It will be nice to see my life, sort of, pictured and mirrored on TV. Davis, like me, came out early. I came out in 8th grade. He told his mom he was gay in 6th grade. My mom didn’t accept it and used religion to tell me I was committing an abomination. Davis’ mother tried to cast the Satan out of him. I can’t just help to think about what good this will do to all those LGBT youth currently trying to make their way through the world and out of the hate and prejudice of their families, their churches and society.
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2 Responses to “Black & Republican v. Southern & Gay on this year’s Real World Denver”
you know, this will make for a good dynamic on the show, but I think not many ppl will tune in because of the repulsive commercials. When the house looks like a non-stop sex fest, yeah, I have better things to do with my evening.
I may tune in a few times though, just to see how these two interact
By Natasha Sell on Nov 18, 2006