By: Taren Vaughan
Nicci Gilbert is definitely one to speak her opinion regardless of what anyone has to say about it. The fiery former member of 90’s group Brownstone made her way to reality TV as a member of season one of R&B Divas. And her introduction to reality TV wasn’t a smooth one as Nicci’s antics on the show gained her the image as the mean girl of the cast members. Very unhappy with how she was portrayed on the show, Nicci had a few words for the producers over how she looked. And Nicci had to continuously fight off rumors that she was getting shown the exit door by producers and that she was truly the woman that viewers saw on TV.
Though the “mean girl” image that she has been tagged with hasn’t sat well with Nicci, she has gotten to a point where she doesn’t care much about the people’s opinions of her as she told Madame Noire in a recent interview that she is not concerned about what people think about her behavior. And with season 2 of R&B Divas, Nicci Gilbert definitely is involved in some drama as the beef between her and Syleena Johnson has escalated, Syleena telling Nicci to “suck a bag of ten d*cks” as Nicci walked out of the house after a heated exchange took place between them.
Reality TV shows in general have become the guilty pleasure of many viewers who stay glued to the TV any time one of them comes on. However, there are just as many folks who feel that people on the show make African Americans look bad, namely African American women, some reality TV stars speaking out about their lack of desire to be role models. And Nicci Gilbert feels some type way about it as she went on a huge rant about the treatment that some black women get because of the actions of a select few and how people have no shame in fighting and being ratchet for money (Read from top to bottom):
Well if anyone is going to be dumb enough to lump all black women in the same category because of the things they see on certain reality shows, that person is an idiot and what they think about black women is invalid.
So what was she doing when she was getting loud and cursing people out on her show? That’s just as bad.
People get on my nerves with this. I’m grown, I will watch what I want. There’s numerous portrayals of blacks on TV now, don’t like it, don’t watch. Racist/ignorant whites will always see what they want to anyway.
Girl stop. You’re just as tacky as K. Michelle and them. Yelling at grown women on TV.
I need people to double check their twitter and Instagram rants for proper spelling and grammar before they post. This wonderful rant is marred by the improper use of there and their! UGH!!!
I blame Evelyn Lozada, a Latina for screwing it up for all black reality stars!
Uhh racism existed BEFORE reality TV. It will be here when it’s gone too. In fact, it’s white people doing trashy things on TV, but black folks aren’t lumping them in one category, now are we? I’m tired of hearing about this. People will think what they want about you. Who cares?
Black people are not a monolithic race. No race is. The human race is mixed up with different personalities, personal experiences, and takes on life. At some point, black people need to understand this. We were not placed here to spend the rest of our time on earth trying to prove that we are smart, classy people to whites. And why should we? We were the first mathematicians, scientists, and kings and queens. We built the pyramids. The first human being remains were found in Africa. African blood flows in all of our veins, white people too. We have nothing to prove to anyone, if you think otherwise, you should read more about our real history. Racism was meant to be a shackle and some of you are allowing it to still hold you captive by complaining because you want to prove something to ignorant white people. I refuse.
They have ignorant whites on TV, yet none of you have lumped them all in one category. So why allow them to do that to us? This conversation has played its course. Live your life and stop giving the wrong people power over how you view your own race.