TMC
08-13-2021, 11:21 PM
https://newsbusters.org/blogs/culture/dawn-slusher/2021/08/13/freeform-sitcom-justifies-looting-arson-and-riots-blm
Dawn Slusher
August 13th, 2021 12:49 AM
Freeform’s “sitcom” grown-ish aired the second of their two-part BLM-themed episodes on Thursday, and it was just as awful as the first (https://newsbusters.org/blogs/culture/dawn-slusher/2021/08/06/black-ish-spinoff-racist-cops-determined-destroy-and-murder). This time they focused on woke (whack?) terms such as “white fragility,” continued to depict the police as brutal bullies out to hurt black people, and justified and made light of looting, rioting and arson.
Thursday’s episode, “Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See,” (https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/121367-s04e06-put-your-hands-where-my-eyes-could-see/?do=getNewComment) picks back up in the aftermath of two innocent, young black men separately being murdered by the police, one in cold blood, a situation unlike any championed by BLM. (In fact, Variety pointed out the storyline was inspired by George Floyd and Ahmaud Arbery, even though Arbery wasn’t even killed by police.)
The show’s main characters are on the streets to protest the murders and are soon told that a curfew is in effect and will be enforced by law. Several of the friends decide to go home, but a few agree to defy the law and go further into the city of L.A. because they want to be surrounded by more people.
Back at home, Jazz (Chloe Bailey) is getting text updates from her friends on which businesses are being looted. Nomi (Emily Arlook), who is Jewish, remarks, “burning and looting people’s stores should definitely not be a part of this.”
Even though there’s a push to recognize and support black-owned businesses across the country right now, Jazz and Zoey (Yara Shahidi) defend the looting, arson and rioting, going so far as to say that a family member wouldn’t have a problem with his small business being burnt down:
Dawn Slusher
August 13th, 2021 12:49 AM
Freeform’s “sitcom” grown-ish aired the second of their two-part BLM-themed episodes on Thursday, and it was just as awful as the first (https://newsbusters.org/blogs/culture/dawn-slusher/2021/08/06/black-ish-spinoff-racist-cops-determined-destroy-and-murder). This time they focused on woke (whack?) terms such as “white fragility,” continued to depict the police as brutal bullies out to hurt black people, and justified and made light of looting, rioting and arson.
Thursday’s episode, “Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See,” (https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/121367-s04e06-put-your-hands-where-my-eyes-could-see/?do=getNewComment) picks back up in the aftermath of two innocent, young black men separately being murdered by the police, one in cold blood, a situation unlike any championed by BLM. (In fact, Variety pointed out the storyline was inspired by George Floyd and Ahmaud Arbery, even though Arbery wasn’t even killed by police.)
The show’s main characters are on the streets to protest the murders and are soon told that a curfew is in effect and will be enforced by law. Several of the friends decide to go home, but a few agree to defy the law and go further into the city of L.A. because they want to be surrounded by more people.
Back at home, Jazz (Chloe Bailey) is getting text updates from her friends on which businesses are being looted. Nomi (Emily Arlook), who is Jewish, remarks, “burning and looting people’s stores should definitely not be a part of this.”
Even though there’s a push to recognize and support black-owned businesses across the country right now, Jazz and Zoey (Yara Shahidi) defend the looting, arson and rioting, going so far as to say that a family member wouldn’t have a problem with his small business being burnt down: