Big Brother Racism: Season Four was the fourth season of the popular Big Brother Racism series, which concluded on August 21st, 2009. The fourth season was the only season of Big Brother to feature not one but two contestants who could not read or write. This disability often led to extended periods of blackouts on the live feeds during competitions particularly during week 13 when Celie was Head of Household for the first time. Despite the extended interruption of the feed by both Celie and Fantasia, both home viewers and Internet viewers alike loved the two contestants. Season four was also the first season where a Head of Household received nothing from their family in the basket, leading to one of the most heartbreaking meltdowns on the feeds by Celie. In the first week of the game, houseguest Maria Elena attempted to kill herself by overdosing on Nyquil. This event happened before the premiere, so it was not shown on the feeds. The producers attempted to keep this entire ordeal a secret, blacking out the feeds the moment it was even aluded to and warning all evicted houseguests not to mention it in post-show interviews. It remained a secret until Sherri Shepherd's interview, when she let slip about the incident and the producers were forced to elaborate further on it.
Weekly Summary
| Houseguest | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
| Reba | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN |
| Celie | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | OUT |
| Blanca | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | OUT | |
| Nikki | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | OUT | ||
| Yoko | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN* | IN | IN | IN | IN | OUT | |||
| Miles | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | OUT | ||||
| Yunjin | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | OUT | |||||
| Mario | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | OUT | ||||||
| Sherri | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | OUT | |||||||
| Lauren | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | OUT | ||||||||
| Khia | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | OUT | |||||||||
| Kelly | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | OUT | ||||||||||
| Tila | IN | IN | IN | IN | OUT | |||||||||||
| Michelle R. | IN | IN | IN | OUT | ||||||||||||
| Spencer | IN | IN | OUT | |||||||||||||
| Fantasia | IN | OUT | ||||||||||||||
| Maria | OUT | |||||||||||||||
Green means that that houseguest was announced the winner.
Blue means that that houseguest was Head of Household.
Light Blue means that that houseguest was Head of Household and held the Power of Veto.
Purple means that that houseguest held the Power of Veto.
Pink means that that houseguest used the Power of Veto on himself or herself.
Yellow means that that houseguest had the Power of Veto used on himself or herself.
Orange means that that houseguest was nominated but was not evicted.
Brown means that that houseguest was not initially nominated, but the coup d'état holder put him or her on the block.
Light Tan means that that houseguest was removed from the block due to the coup d'état.
Red mean that that houseguest was evicted.
- In Week 8, Yoko Ono was voted by the public to receive the coup d'état.