The reality shows “Modern Family” and “The Amazing Race” do well to set standards to eliminate any stereotypes by incorporating cast members of many cultures, races, and ages, but stereotypes are still a huge problem in reality TV (Lllavador). In fact, the stereotypes featured in reality TV have only gotten worse over the past decade. In Llavador's assessment, reality shows and their crew members now use stereotypes as a bridge to success, elaborating on them and deliberately staging scenes around them to attract high ratings. The original goal of reality television series to reveal an individual's lifestyle or conflict to the world has now transformed into a sort of dramatic drama to see what will garner the most response. It seems that portraying women as dim-witted, sex-hungry housewives, African Americans as violent, illiterate, and loud, and young adults as irresponsible, disrespectful brats retains viewers’
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