'Usually, on shows without predominantly Black casts, the Black characters are just outlines of human beings, never fully colored in with nuance, depth or flaws. Here, we get the full picture, written in permanent ink,' writes KathleenNB.
) and since these characters aren’t in high school any more, they can do grown things without parental repercussions. Instead, the consequences for our characters’ chaos come from their peers, or worse, themselves. And that’s the beauty of, especially when it comes to Whitney. She’s sleeping with her coach , and it’s refreshing to see a young Black woman doing something so wildly inappropriate on screen without it being boiled down to a stereotype or a direct consequence of her Blackness.
Whitney’s urge to please her mom with high standards paired with Evette’s warm and caring reaction when she finds out all the things her daughter hid from her in fear of her disapproval hits all the right emotional cues. We know what is at stake for the Black daughter of a Black senator at a predominantly white institution, but we also know that Black girls should be allowed to make mistakes too.
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