Kieran Scarlett Kieran Scarlett is a culture writer and filmmaker based in Los Angeles. He can be found on Twitter @danblackroyd.
Let’s Not Romanticize ‘Roseanne’ 1.0 and Its Racism Lite Kieran Scarlett Sure, the original series included Black and Asian characters here and there—but only to prove how the Conners were good, progressive white folks.
‘Black-ish,’ Cliff Huxtable, and Me: The Problem of TV’s Cruel-to-Be-Kind Black Father Kieran Scarlett These seminal TV shows uncritically depict Black fathers' often caustic “coaching” to prepare their sons for an inhospitable world. I know, from my own family, that cruelty isn't the way to make a man.
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