When the lead actors of Kenya Barris' new show
-Guys, this is supposed to be real. What do u think Rashida & I’s kids would look like?
— kenya barris (@funnyblackdude) December 21, 2019
- have you seen MY actual very real and definitely BLACK family? Don’t we have enough hate from others?
— kenya barris (@funnyblackdude) December 21, 2019
- if u knew me u would know how much that hurts. This BLACK family looks like mine.
— kenya barris (@funnyblackdude) December 21, 2019
well that’s not something I’d ever do. I’m also not gonna make up a fake family that genetically —
— kenya barris (@funnyblackdude) December 21, 2019
—in real ways and n roles that show the world the broad spectrum of who we are in REAL ways for EVERYONE 2 c—
— kenya barris (@funnyblackdude) December 21, 2019
& everything I does reflects that love. But to cast people like some kinda skin color Allstar game would actually do more harm
— kenya barris (@funnyblackdude) December 21, 2019
—I really appreciate ur comments & I hardly ever react to social media but this cut me a little. These kids—
— kenya barris (@funnyblackdude) December 21, 2019
— look like my kids. My very Black REAL kids & they face discrimination everyday from others outside our —
— kenya barris (@funnyblackdude) December 21, 2019
— our culture and I don’t want them to also see it from US. Trust me Sis, I get your point, I do—
— kenya barris (@funnyblackdude) December 21, 2019
—But watch the show and listen 2 what it’s about before you prejudge it based on something that is honestly—
— kenya barris (@funnyblackdude) December 21, 2019
—the only real way I could have cast a show based on who me & my amazing costar could produce. 🙏🏾👊🏽
— kenya barris (@funnyblackdude) December 21, 2019
Well after all of this failed to move people he decided to further dig a hole with these tweets wherein he at first pretended not to get the point people were making -
And I’m also not gonna make up a fake family that genetically makes no sense just for the sake of trying to fill quotas. I LOVE MY PEOPLE!—
— kenya barris (@funnyblackdude) December 21, 2019
Before then pretending to and making a half statement -
I’m going to say this and then let what happens happen... Colorism is a divisive tool used by the powerful to separate the truly powerful.
— kenya barris (@funnyblackdude) December 22, 2019
Yikes
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Have you ever been a highly successful television producer called out for their colorism that made bad gas-lighty excuses for your behavior ONTD?
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