Superstore's episode tackling systemic racism took twice as long to write - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

TMC · 01-17-2021, 12:35 AM

https://www.etonline.com/how-superst...clusive-158989

"Around the time we started breaking the story, Walmart, Target and a lot of the other big box retailers had stopped locking the Black haircare products up behind the glass case, which was something that a lot of my colleagues -- if you've never bought those products -- you probably haven't been paying attention to. That was the reality for being a Black customer at the time," co-producer Dayo Adesokan tells ET of writing Thursday's "challenging" episode. "That seemed like a natural way to enter the story. And then from there, trying to figure out where the conversations would go within the world of Cloud 9, within the world of Superstore. Just trying to think of a way to tell a story about race that didn't feel like something that had been done on TV before, that didn't feel like an afterschool special, so to speak. We were very careful about avoiding some of the common pitfalls that I think other shows in the past have fallen into when trying to tell those stories."

Yong Fang · 01-17-2021, 10:46 PM

Why were the black hair care products locked in the first place? Must have been a reason for that, or it would not have happened. Doesn’t have anything to do with “systematic racism”, as it is simply that people stole black hair care products to the point where the products have had to have to be locked or Walmart would stop selling them.

Systematic racism is racism against white people. The media attacks white people ceaselessly .

01-17-2021, 12:35 AM	#1
TMC Member Forum Idol Join Date: Jan 09, 2001 Posts: 125,912	Superstore's episode tackling systemic racism took twice as long to write https://www.etonline.com/how-superst...clusive-158989 "Around the time we started breaking the story, Walmart, Target and a lot of the other big box retailers had stopped locking the Black haircare products up behind the glass case, which was something that a lot of my colleagues -- if you've never bought those products -- you probably haven't been paying attention to. That was the reality for being a Black customer at the time," co-producer Dayo Adesokan tells ET of writing Thursday's "challenging" episode. "That seemed like a natural way to enter the story. And then from there, trying to figure out where the conversations would go within the world of Cloud 9, within the world of Superstore. Just trying to think of a way to tell a story about race that didn't feel like something that had been done on TV before, that didn't feel like an afterschool special, so to speak. We were very careful about avoiding some of the common pitfalls that I think other shows in the past have fallen into when trying to tell those stories."

01-17-2021, 10:46 PM	#2
Yong Fang Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Aug 04, 2009 Location: Memphis Tennessee Posts: 3,073	Why were the black hair care products locked in the first place? Must have been a reason for that, or it would not have happened. Doesn’t have anything to do with “systematic racism”, as it is simply that people stole black hair care products to the point where the products have had to have to be locked or Walmart would stop selling them. Systematic racism is racism against white people. The media attacks white people ceaselessly .