re: Official Big Brother 22 Thread- (Spoilers)

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Who else would they include that would be considered all star? Swaggy said no. Bayleigh said she is focusing on the Challenge. I doubt anyone wants to be known as the token black person right now, so I am sure others have turned them down as well.

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Danielle Reyes is a good answer as an additional black contestant who is actually "all-star" caliber. Of course, it's been 15 years since she last played so who knows if she still has it. Marcellas would qualify under this as well considering he's not the best gamer but had a super long association with the game (hosting the call in show for years after he was on both times).

Is Kaycee black (or partially black)? I don't think she's very entertaining but she did win her season so that qualifies her as well.

Only other black contestants I could argue that should qualify as "all-stars" would be Monica from season 2 (made final three and was quite memorable) and Kevin from season 11 (final three, pretty good strategically, not a great character to watch).

When you put it out there, it's really kind of ridiculous how poorly they've cast black contestants. They always go for the same type of black female (either mouthy and rude OR overly Christian and lacking game sense) so those are both unlikely to be a threat to win. For men, they've cast different types (think Lawon in 13 versus Devin in 16 versus Howard in 15), but really no one who has had game sense. It's funny because David last year definitely seemed to know the game, but because they created a twist to eliminate someone on night one, he never had a chance to even play.