*Keep in mind, I am a black, liberal female.*
Based on my self-description, you might think well okay, you love this show, right? Wrong! For one thing, the title looks more like it came from the 1970s than the 21st century. It's outdated and lacks creativity. As for the episodes - this show just doesn't do it for me. It tries too hard to be woke. The audience is thrown one stereotype after another and quite frankly it gets boring. All of the white people are portrayed as idiotic and clueless, while all of the black people are constantly annoyed by their ignorance. If you want an African American TV show that's really worth watching, check out Different World. All of the characters are black (the setting of the story is an HBCU), but they don't go around emphasizing how black they are. Every episode had unique situations, and it's really interesting to watch the characters grow as they navigate social and dating relationships in college. What does Blackish offer? Nothing but watching a black man, who is married to a black woman and therefore has black children, struggle with his identity, because his family lives in a white neighborhood. How that makes for a fascinating storyline is beyond me. It sounds more like he's too worried about what other people think, regardless of their race. I did chuckle/kind of laugh at this a few times, but after whatever episode that was, I haven't watched it since. I'll take Different World over this any day.
Based on my self-description, you might think well okay, you love this show, right? Wrong! For one thing, the title looks more like it came from the 1970s than the 21st century. It's outdated and lacks creativity. As for the episodes - this show just doesn't do it for me. It tries too hard to be woke. The audience is thrown one stereotype after another and quite frankly it gets boring. All of the white people are portrayed as idiotic and clueless, while all of the black people are constantly annoyed by their ignorance. If you want an African American TV show that's really worth watching, check out Different World. All of the characters are black (the setting of the story is an HBCU), but they don't go around emphasizing how black they are. Every episode had unique situations, and it's really interesting to watch the characters grow as they navigate social and dating relationships in college. What does Blackish offer? Nothing but watching a black man, who is married to a black woman and therefore has black children, struggle with his identity, because his family lives in a white neighborhood. How that makes for a fascinating storyline is beyond me. It sounds more like he's too worried about what other people think, regardless of their race. I did chuckle/kind of laugh at this a few times, but after whatever episode that was, I haven't watched it since. I'll take Different World over this any day.