"The wife character is not so much based upon my kids' mom other than her being biracial. I really took a different approach with this time—I wanted her to be a little bit more militant and a little more zany"
https://www.newsweek.com/blackaf-kenya-barris-wife-rainbow-1499603

Apparently Tracee's character was more based on Rania than Rashida's character.


I just find it rather backwards that he chose somebody who admits never experiencing life as a black person to be the militant one, giving speeches about what "we" experience.

^I also think that's important for everyone who keeps saying the wife character is based on his actual wife... especially in response to critiques of her militancy, because that's one of the things that actually deviates from her personality.