More Black.White.

I missed Black.White. last week because of work, but I saw the encore showing tonight. Apparently the show is doing well, and R.J Cutler and Ice Cube are receiving a lot of critical acclaim - as well as high ratings for cable TV. Hopefully you are all checking it out.

The second episode portrayed the family continuing on their path towards "passing" for the opposite race. Carmen, the white mother, again ruffles feathers when she assumes black women great each other as "bitch." Of course, that is completely fucked up. Renee, the black mother, is having a hard time understanding that Carmen is just completely ignorant and silly - and not just simply hostile. The episode seemed to focus on racial sensibilities and how the races see each other on a general basis. Again, Brian's white bar has a patron that gives the audience an earfull of crap - but even though the man sounds like a recruiter for the Klan when he talks about how black kids don't respect achievement or achievers in his neighborhood - it brought me back to experiences I had growing up dealing with that issue. Now that's fucked up.

In this episode my favourite character is still Rose, the white daughter, who is damned cute and tries really hard to understand the black kids in her poetry class. You also see she really cares, and gives me a lot of hope that maybe this race thing can be conquered in my lifetime.

The picture above is Brian, the black father, in white face. The dude looks like a NASCAR fan, which probably explains why people talk like hicks around him.

Category:

• Race
• Relationships
• Society