The most important thing to realize here is that black people are not a monolith. And not being monolithic, means there are a whole bunch of ways to skin a smart black cat.
I've already used Jamal from finding Forrester as an example of black people who are genius Level Smart trying to assimilate to average brain surroundings to fit in. Every black nerd doesn't have to be Steve Urkel with glasses and a pocket protector.
Here is my gripe. To be that smart takes so much work and effort, studying while others are hanging out, reading, and developing their mathematical skills. How about showing some of that, showing the sacrifices she had to make to be where she is in life?
Instead, they choose to focus on her being relatable and rebellious, almost catering to our egos that there is nothing wrong with the way we conduct business, it's the system, no need to apply ourselves, instead let's root out the system.
While the system is flawed, to me, the biggest flaw is that the system is pandering to us by telling us not to work hard and study, apply ourselves. See how that works?
I look at it as another attempt by Hollywood to pacify us, putting us under the spell that one day, if we keep doing what we are doing, we will have this savior come and defeat the system by doing exactly what we are doing. But in reality most of the geniuses are nurtured and groomed from a very young age, and bust their asses often working three times harder than their white colliges. Like I said before, why not talk to some actual black genius and get their perspective, the way they would have if this were a gangster movie or a drug dealer movie.
Because to me, this is as corny and unrealistic as a movie about the BMF starring Will Smith and that Steave Urkle dude.