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He doesn't have the forty year experience Brian has, and he's going to tell Brian that he's bringing it on himself essentially? WTF?
My husband, who is not white, said that he thought Bruno had a small point in that Brian did seem to assume he was going to be treated unfairly before even walking into a situation (again, a product of 40 years of living with the reality of being a black man). Also, he thought Brian was focusing on situations he could do nothing about. Like women clutching their bags closer as he passed. Is it sad? Yes. But what can he do about it?
I think the truth lies somewhere in between. Yes, certainly putting positive energy, respect and kindness out there will often bring positive results. But not all the time, even without racism coming into play. Add to that mix the number of people who still do hate based on skin color and that's a lot to overcome. Can you blame Brian for being a bit jaded? I can't.
In any case, the one thing I was thinking was that the Sparks family is going to experience what a mixed-race family experiences, not necessarily a white family. So the experiment seems a little off for me from the get-go. Renee looked like a light-skinned black woman, Brian looked mixed-race, Nick looked just plain odd, but not straight up white. So any people out there who hate based on any pigmentation whatsoever are still going to hate the Sparks family. That's what didn't work for me.
The other thing I wondered was how were those in the story who were interacting with the two families going to feel when they find out the truth? Will they feel really manipulated? All reality television creatively edits to make he points it wants to make, are some people going to feel like they were used or misrepresented? I'll be curious to see.
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