![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Every time I see these new-school characters, I remind myself of where I’ve seen them before. But daytime, before primetime, provided valuable space for black characters to be layered-and for viewers, black and otherwise, to appreciate their complexity. So it's interesting to see primetime television and streaming services like Netflix being heralded for ushering in a new age of black television, as if we were never allowed to be ourselves onscreen before. Recommended: The Procrastination Doom Loop-and How to Break It There was a point in my childhood when I knew Drucilla, Olivia, Neil, Nathan, and Mamie, Y&R’s powerhouse stable of 90s black characters, better than some of my own cousins. Born the year The Cosby Show premiered, I grew up watching 227, Amen, Family Matters, and A Different World not knowing how hard it was to integrate TV for me, black folks were already there. 2014: The Year TV Starts Atoning for Its Lack of Diversity?īut another big reason Y&R was beloved in my family was its black characters, who flourished in the 80s and 90s: They began as background figures, but slowly evolved into pillars of their fictional community. ![]()
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