‘Black-Ish’ Creator Kenya Barris Slammed For Colorism
For the reason that forged of Kenya Barris’ new Netflix collection, Black Excellence, was revealed on-line, social media has been in an uproar, accusing the present’s creator and producer of colorism.
A tweet by @StrongBlackLead revealed that the comedy collection has “discovered its household” together with an image of the primary forged. The present stars Rashida Jones and a slew of Black actors and actresses, most of whom may very well be categorized as “light-skinned.”
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Now, of us usually are not solely accusing Barris of colorism but in addition mentioning he has a historical past of questionable casting in his earlier exhibits.
kenya barris positive does love lightskinned household https://t.co/cuzoFpJ9mL
— 🥶🏁 (@eyeamhazzan) December 23, 2019
This Kenya Barris scenario does not shock me in any respect. Should you assess the previous decade alone, the folks pushing darkish skinned black girls to forefront have been black girls. Sadly most black males who’re showrunners & administrators maintained the colourism established order.
— TashaSampa 🇬🇧🇿🇲 (@SampaTasha) December 22, 2019
Kenya Barris casts primarily mild skinned/combined girls in his work as a result of that is most likely his choice in actual life. He does not have sufficient perception as a creator to create work past his personal prejudices and biases #blackish #Mixedish
— Nezzy (@Bobby82691031) December 22, 2019
Why Kenya barris gotta base each present on his household, can he provide you with sumn else?? Whose the viewers, is it solely His household watching?? His rationalization makes it worse, & the nerve to name it black excellence. I’m sick pic.twitter.com/HNsPklhVGR
— a random black woman🤨 (@wadingx) December 22, 2019
In accordance with Kenya Barris they don’t https://t.co/pRCNKkT4t9
— Ororo Munroe (@LovesPLH) December 22, 2019
At first, Kenya Barris fired off direct reply tweets to his critics on Twitter, writing, “Guys, that is alleged to be actual. What do u assume Rashida & I’s youngsters would seem like?” he wrote. “Have you ever seen MY precise very actual and undoubtedly BLACK household? Don’t now we have sufficient hate from others?”
After which he went for the jugular, responding to the criticism and calling out the folks making noise for hypocrisy: