>i felt it was about a wealthy black family that struggles
>with blackness when surrounded by nonblackness.
>
>i didnt feel like they were all trying to escape or embrace
>blackness, but moreso just dealing with it.
>
>i said it pushed the envelope bc i felt like there was more
>inside stuff than i expected...such as "africans dont even
>like us" and the rites of passage ceremony. this is shit that
>mostly only black ppl would relate to and it made the show
>seem somewhat unapologetic.

there was
also addressing blackness as a somewhat nebulous concept
we know whats black is but resent when we are put in the black box
also resent when put out of the black box


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