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Dre is a privileged black man who does nothing to help his "brothers."


I like Blackish as a comedy and think the performers and performances are great, but there's no denying the context is anti-white on many levels.

Last night, for example, Dre went into a long speech about black struggle in this country, a country he loves. At one point, he said something about blacks being forced to do jobs that no one in the room would even look twice at--but the truth is, he wouldn't do them, either. He's a privileged black snob who spends hundreds of dollars on new sneakers, while his black brothers and sisters are living in poverty.

He's a good one to talk about "struggles," when he lives in a mansion and has enough money to support five kids and two grandparents, not to mention Bow's brother. He's constantly rattling on about the "black experience," which suggests they all have a difficult time of making a "go of it," yet somehow, he managed to pull himself out of that and become employable, educated, and WEALTHY. Was this ever explained? Just how did he go from two wacky parents to becoming what he's become?

Undoubtedly, he had some help from the WHITE MAN as he "struggled" up that ladder. Just like Oprah Winfrey wouldn't be anywhere today if WHITE executives in the broadcasting industry hadn't hired her and created opportunities that just aren't available to the average person, black OR white.

It's amazing to me that every now and again, Blackish gets up on its soapbox to denounce the "white influence," while needing and capitalizing on that very influence to exist. ABC is owned by Disney, as whitebread as you can get. The show has a substantial white audience, I'm sure. Dre's kids are all (except for younger boy) pretty much effete snobs who are used to having money, money, money and anything they want. Only Rainbow is a fully-realized character. The others are cartoons. But they do have an agenda: hate the white man.

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Great post!

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