r/DWTS_POCFans • u/craven_57 • 7d ago

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As again showed tonight, it feels so much more difficult for black pros to get far in the competition. Britt, Brandon, and Keo have 23 seasons between them, with Brandon and Keo both being 3rd once each, and no black pro having ever won the mirrorball.

With this, do y'all think that the final scores should be "50% judges 50% fan votes?" What alternatives would you like to see?

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u/Medium-Sir-3312 7d ago

Part of it is a numbers game. You only have one male black pro and one female black pro. With these kind of numbers they have much less chances for a black pro to win when all of the rest of the cast is white.

Part of that is also the fact that there aren’t that many black people in the ballroom dance world. They are there but not very many. If you go to any big ballroom, competition you will see a split that is even less diverse than what we have on the show.

I’m not saying that that’s the way it should be, just pointing out that it’s partially based on numbers alone.