• ch00f@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    I remember my 80+ year old grandmother getting upset that there was a shot called “Blackish” and not a show called “Whtieish” or whatever. And like… I dunno Brady Bunch, etc?

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      22 hours ago

      My mother asked me a similar question some 15 years ago. It was why we didn’t have White History Month or White Entertainment Television.

      Sadly, I didn’t have the ammo to fire back and say something like, “what about March thru January, and maybe all the rest of the television on TV since forever?”

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      21 hours ago

      did she ever think why it might be called black ish… you couldn’t translate that situation to a white family in the US.

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      20 hours ago

      I suppose Schitt’s Creek would be the closest equivalent I can think of. If we’re talking about a family living out of their stereotypical circumstances.

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        16 hours ago

        You’re giving her a lot of credit thinking she know what the show was about.