Showing posts with label corporate America. Show all posts
Showing posts with label corporate America. Show all posts

Sunday, September 28, 2014

Am I Black or Am I Black-ish?

Last Wednesday, a new show starring Anthony Anderson, Laurence Fishbourne and Tracey Ellis Ross premiered. Blackish is a comedy about an upper middle class Black family living in L.A. While the title immediately stuck me as unappealing, I still watched. I'm glad I did because the show raised issues that many Blacks endure today, such as the need to preserve our culture, experiences in white corporate America, and raising a new generation to remember their Black history. However, the show met quite the "blacklash" from a lot of its audience members...