I recommend you keep watching. I was the same way. It picks up by the second episode......
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Man.....from as young as I can remember we celebrated big time. One of those occasions where ALL the family would travel to grandmas house.
Yeah... #BlackAF
Well to be fair it’s Kenya’s show and he’s the writer....they are writing based on his ideas and his writing style but it is wild they couldn’t get black people to write those same lines.
Juneteenth celebrations are common in New Jersey mostly park activities cookouts festivals etc.
http://www.mommyhoodcentral.com/family-friendly-activities-to-celebrate-juneteenth/
who’s the cousin in the cookout episode?
She sexyaf!!!!
She sexyaf!!!!
Again, I'm not doubting it is celebrated. I'm saying based on my personal experience it isn't a big deal compared to other Holidays. I've never personally been invited to a Juneteenth party or heard anyone say that celebrated the day in any manner; not even saying happy Juneteenth at work. I can recall different island festivals in DC and some neighborhoods had celebrations (H street day comes to mind) but I honestly don't remember anything like this for Juneteenth. It could be I was just in a silo.
Even if I just compare it to MLK day Juneteenth doesn't seem to get the same coverage. I've heard of more people mention and celebrate Kwanzaa. The DMV area is relatively close to a few Historical Black Schools and I've heard more discussion/excitement around Homecoming activities. Like others have mentioned may be it's more so celebrated at a high level in the South.
I did a quick search on this board and even when you do see a thread about Juneteenth there is really isn't any activity in the thread.
I don’t think I’ve got that far but someone posted pictures in here of Lashontae Heckard fine ass and I’m gonna guess that’s who you talking about.
Peaches? check the 1st page. She was also in The Game. He's got a few people in the show from other shows that he worked on.
Just my short synopsis (only on episode 4 so far), Blackish has better actors; especially when it comes to the kids. Anthony Anderson is a natural comedian so he plays his role perfectly.
I like this show but it has many layers to it that would never make it to regular TV. The historical facts alone is some shit people don't want to hear or acknowledge. Kenya is dry as hell but he has his moments. That nigga wardrobe is on 100 though.
I like this show but it has many layers to it that would never make it to regular TV. The historical facts alone is some shit people don't want to hear or acknowledge. Kenya is dry as hell but he has his moments. That nigga wardrobe is on 100 though.
I agree that the Blackish actors are better. At first I thought the issue was that were too many kids until I realized Blackish started with four kids.
Both series shows the dad's at their respective place of work, but Blackish at work coworkers and scenes in general were funnier.
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oh her, yeah, she bad. one of the reasons i watch Sistas. she looked different on this show.That was Grandpa Barris girlfriend Tischina > Kj Smith
Yeah I’m not familiar with him personally but he’s definitely the flyer father I’ve ever seen on a tv show lol.
How is Sistas? Been thinking about getting into some of BETs shows. Boomerang and Twenties specifically.
It's ok. The plot is interesting, acting is not that great.
Watched a few more episodes and it has gotten better
Wife and I been enjoying Twenties...almost like a younger 'insecure". Boomerangs alight, there's good elements, one of the dudes in the crew is "fluid" though so it loses some points with me there.
I tried to watch a few minutes of those Tyler perry jawns "sisters" and 'the oval' and them shits were so ridiculous we couldn't even continue watching for the unintentional humour
Yeah I saw the first episode of Twenties and it definitely reminded me of Insecure.
9/10 show for me
The episode with Tyler perry 
Juneteenth celebrations are highly regional because the event they celebrate is the timing of when Black folk in mostly Southwestern states found out that slavery had been abolished. For states in the North and Southeast that were involved in the civil war they knew Slavery ended the moment the civil war ended. For the Southwest it took varying amount of times for news of the Emancipation Proclimation to actually reach them. It happened between on various dates in June depending on where you were located. So blackfolk in those areas all celebrated their emancipation on different dates in June. I guess eventually they decided to consolidate the individual dates and just call it JuneTeenth.
I grew up in Kentucky and I never heard of it til I spent a summer in Phoenix AZ and it was the one big event for the Black folk in that area.
after the first ep which was ho hum this shit picked up...it was fucking hilarious by the last ep
It's ok
I never really heard of it until the internet
It was based around Texas slaves wasn't it?
I never really heard of it until the internet
It was based around Texas slaves wasn't it?
It's midgrade
My point is that it is a significant event in black history and in my opinion should be treated as such by all of us regardless of where we live in the US. I more or less understand why this isn't necessarily happening currently and I get that somethings would really only have value to a certain region. I just dont think Juneteenth should be celebrated by specific regions at a high level while others bearly mention it.
Like myself I'm sure a lot of us have family that moved from the South or are still mostly based in the South. So, why is it that something that's seems to be a major tradition in the South was not passed down to my generation?
For the record, I'm not going to pretend as if I'm I'm knowledgeable about everything black or even care that deeply about black culture. However, I do feel like even someone like myself should acknowledge a day/time in black history that was a significant to alot of our people.
I'm sure you didn't mean it's not a big deal if it isn't celebrated outside of the South on a major scale, but in my mind it's like saying black people shouldn't care/know about the events of Black Wallstreet because of its geographic location or because all black people were not directly impacted.
Perhaps a better question to ask is why we don't celebrate our emancipation in general? I wonder if we don't celebrate it because it's just too much of a reminder of how our ancestors were treated in this country. Or maybe it just doesn't make sense to celebrate something that kind of like a half fulfilled promise.
i am from detroit. raised in houston, the mid atlantic and in the midwest. never heard of juneteenth until i went to school.
for reference, when i say "school" i mean college because anything before that was pretty meaningless.
personally speaking I never heard of it before FX's ATL. Seems like every blk sitcom now has an episode on it. But I've lived exclusively in nj and my ppl from Haiti. My wife whose family from the south says it's a real thing down there.
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i really don't hear about it in memphis either. the city or the rural areas.
I watched it last night. I thought that the most likeable character throughout was the daughter doing the documentary.
It was entertaining enough, but it confirms to me that there ain't much of shit moving forward that I think appeals to my demographic.
There's a crack on Jaden Smith in there that made me scratch my head and look for a mirror. It was funny, but...
It was entertaining enough, but it confirms to me that there ain't much of shit moving forward that I think appeals to my demographic.
There's a crack on Jaden Smith in there that made me scratch my head and look for a mirror. It was funny, but...
I dont disagree. However, not talking about it doesn't mean negative things didn't happen. While I dont like black people fixating on the past, I do think its important that we dont allow others to act as though those events didn't happen or attempt to downplay its significance to the current state of black culture. Even for us I don't believe you should just celebrate/remind ourselves of positive events or even people. You should learn from all of history and not attempt to cherry pick favorable moments. We can't learn and grow from just positive or negative events/people.
I don't like comparing other races/cultures but Jewish people will never allow the world to forget about the Holocaust, I'm sure its discussed on some level consistently and respectfully that doesn't compare to what happened to black people.
This is what it would be like for Benny Medina to make a show about The Fresh Prince to show you what he based the show on.
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