“You don’t think I care about this country?” asks Dre, an African-American character played by Anthony Anderson, on the television show black-ish, in the Jan. 11 episode “Lemons.”
“I love this country, even though at times it doesn’t love me back.”
In the scene Dre responds to a white co-worker’s accusation that Dre doesn’t care about the outcome of the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
Dre continues:
“You think I’m not sad that Hillary didn’t win, that I’m not terrified about what Trump’s about to do. I’m used to things not going my way. I’m sorry that you’re not and it’s blowing your mind, so excuse me if I get a little offended because I didn’t see all of this outrage when everything was happening to all of my people since we were stuffed on boats in chains. I love this country as much, if not more, than you do, and don’t you ever forget that.”
The plight of African Americans in the United States is still a crisis overlooked and ignored by many. In less than a minute, black-ish highlights those issues and the painful hope of many African Americans, who persist in spite of those issues.
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