As of Season 22, a black contestant still has yet to win the traditional version of American Big Brother, though black singer Tamar Braxton did win a 30-day version of Celebrity Big Brother in 2019.
In a game like Big Brother, this casting move may finally address the conscious or unconscious bias of players who align with other white players and target minorities before others in the house.
It’s an incident that happened seemingly as recent as Big Brother All-Stars and, in the views of some, has made the game that much harder for a non-white player to win if they’re always in the minority in the house.