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Discuss “Trading races”

Maybe you started to lose faith in reality television when Joe Millionaire’s Evan and Zora called it quits. You might have jumped ship as soon as Ruben Studdard beat Clay Aiken in the second season of American Idol. Perhaps you hung in there until Stephen chose Kristin over LC on Laguna Beach. Or maybe you never left at all. If you’re still a sucker for competitive redecorating, plastic surgery, and hidden cameras, then you won’t want to miss the latest gimmick in reality television: trading races.

In FX’s Black. White., two families alter their appearances and speech patterns to observe racism in America as never before. Throughout the series, the six participants — white Bruno, Carmen, and Rose and black Brian, Renee, and Nick...

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