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10-08-2021, 10:40 PM
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/issa-rae-insecure-white-characters-viewers-1235027856/amp
Rae says in an interview with Mic (https://www.mic.com/culture/issa-rae-cover-story-october-2021) that the she received the advice while she was developing her web series Awkward Black Girl, which led to HBO's Insecure. Rae says she was told that inserting a white character in her Black-focused narrative would make white people “care about it” and would also earn her more media attention. “She was just like, ‘Girl, if you want this sh*t to set off to the next level, you got to put a white character in there, then white people will care about it, then NPR is going to write about your ****, and it’ll blow up,’" Rae told Mic. “And then it literally happened.” Rae says she took the advice in creating the love interest character White Jay (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNCCXKawyo0) on Awkward Black Girl.
Rae says in an interview with Mic (https://www.mic.com/culture/issa-rae-cover-story-october-2021) that the she received the advice while she was developing her web series Awkward Black Girl, which led to HBO's Insecure. Rae says she was told that inserting a white character in her Black-focused narrative would make white people “care about it” and would also earn her more media attention. “She was just like, ‘Girl, if you want this sh*t to set off to the next level, you got to put a white character in there, then white people will care about it, then NPR is going to write about your ****, and it’ll blow up,’" Rae told Mic. “And then it literally happened.” Rae says she took the advice in creating the love interest character White Jay (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNCCXKawyo0) on Awkward Black Girl.