ABC will re-air a 2016 episode of 'Black-ish' dealing with police brutality on Tuesday. Series creator Kenya Barris said 'it breaks my heart on so many levels that this episode feels just as timely as it did then.'
The 2016 installment, along with a 2017 episode called "Juneteenth," are scheduled for Tuesday night.dealing with police brutality on Tuesday. Series creator Kenya Barris said it "breaks my heart" that the episode is still relevant today.
The episode, "Hope," centers on the Johnson family's reactions to a court case involving an African American teenager who was allegedly the victim of police violence. When the kids start asking questions about it, Dre and Bow are at odds over how to address them: Dre and his parents want to offer an unvarnished look at how the legal system has treated black people, while Bow opts for a more hopeful message about what could be.
"It's been 1,562 days since we first shared that episode with the world and it breaks my heart on so many levels that this episode feels just as timely as it did then and eerily prescient to what's happening to black people in this country today," Barris said in a statement posted to his social media channels. , "I just hope that it's received well and I hope that it actually starts a conversation, because I think that it's a conversation we need to have.
The episode, airing at 8 p.m., will be paired with "Juneteenth," the show's fourth-season premiere that features musical numbers about the holiday that marks the end of slavery in Texas. that involved Dre telling his infant son a bedtime story that included dialogue and images that were said to be anti-Trump.
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