It can seem like all the juicy roles for black actors involve them playing slaves. As more and more black creatives rob the reins,things will change
Some of us experience mental fatigue due to the seemingly fixed barrage of violence against black people. Yet we’re still subjected, too, or to the historical viewing of state-sanctioned violence in the form of enslavement from 400 years ago.
The latest example is the four-fraction Roots miniseries,which began on Monday night – yet another “slave narrative”. And it’s not even a fresh one, but a retelling of the show that first aired in 1977. Related: We’re in an amazing black cultural moment. Can we avoid the backlash? | Syreeta McFadden Related: Roots remake: seminal slavery narrative still resonates in revamped miniseries Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com