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For over two decades, no Black houseguest had ever won an American Big Brother season. In 2021, after the most dominant alliance in the show’s history consisting of six Black players — aptly named The Cookout — Xavier Prather, a lawyer from Kalamazoo, Michigan, emerged victorious and became the first Black winner in BB history. Xavier’s victory was a poignant and emotional moment for so many enthusiastic but long-suffering Black Big Brother fans. As a Black woman superfan who also watches the corresponding live feeds (24-hour/ 7 days a week, the ultimate surveillance), I was thrilled with Xavier’s win last year; I was also nervous coming into Big Brother’s summer 2022 season. It took an alliance of six Black people to make history — would we ever get that intentionality from houseguests again? And while it was great to see Xavier take home the prize, could a Black woman ever win this game? If it took 21 years to wait for a Black winner, how long would we have to wait for a Black woman to be crowned?
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