Putting token blacks without talent in front of the cameras is politically-correct (such as the one we have in the White Hut).
Performing in a job you have no qualifications or talent for is what Racism lawsuits are all about......
Actually, reading the article, it seems like they all had some measure of talent, but were dismissed between auditions and final selection because of their criminal records.
“You were brought on the show because you were black. You were off the show when they found you had no talent.”
To be fair, when I watched the show, none of them was that extraordinarily talented, black or white. Certainly Clay Aiken was not more talented than Ruben Stoddard. Talent really doesn’t have anything to do with American Idol, since it’s a glorified popularity contest.
Anyway, if anyone is racist, wouldn’t it have to be the viewers, since they are the ones that voted them off?