Back in 2013, I reported on how CBS didn't act decisively when houseguest Aaryn Gries was the ringleader of a group of white contestants who used racial slurs and demeaning language to refer to gay and non-white contestants. CBS also broadcast Valentine's actions in an episode where the show's eviction vote results were announced live on the network broadcast, showing how the remaining contestants were called together and told he was removed from the game. Cheeks announced in 2020 that half the competitors on every unscripted competition show on the network would be non-white people; it was a change which came just months after I reported on a group of Black former contestants on Survivor who talked about how racism and being outnumbered made the competition tougher for people of color.