Will consistently rank in most top 10 episode lists when this show is over. I understand why people are disappointed because none of the main characters are in it, but this was just brilliant. And the episode is hilarious I was dying when they showed the black people in the office having a conversation and when that guy was chasing the car

Episode 2 and 3 are actually the weakest episodes of the season so far imo

It's wild to think how recent how recent the end of slavery's most visible descendant - segregation - ended (1964). Between that and how devestating and insidious the effects of slavery were/are, that ish is very much fresh and every day with only slight signs of progress and many more troubling demons

The effects of Apartheid must be insanely present in the lives of black people in South Africa...how are some of the ways it's still present???

Lightskin people are considered their own race here (coloured) because of Apartheid. Some coloured people are under the impression that we're the true indigenous people of this country (the Khoi/San people). This may be true for some, but it's likely that most of us are the product of rape or interracial relationships between colonialists and black people. Coloured people are a minority in population, in social power and economic power. There's also the feeling that our role in the liberation of the country is downplayed. So there's a lot of tension between coloured people and black people

Some black people feel like we benefitted under Apartheid, we try to appease white people, we don't identify as black by choice, we shouldn't be able to say the N word etc. I remember a few years ago on Twitter they were trying to say Coloured culture doesn't exist. It became a meme and coloured people were making jokes in response but it really highlighted something - that the original colonialists succeeded in their goal of dividing the people they found here and therefore weakening us. They did the same s*** hundreds of years ago by bribing chiefs or putting their own people who would obey them in charge of settlements. Gang culture in Cape Town can be attributed to forced removals and people being separated. They even flooded our communities with mandrax the same way the American government did with crack. Those white mfs designed a whole system to keep different races oppressed that they hoped would outlive them. S*** is actually crazy and extremely evil when you think about it

But yeah, I don't think relations between people in this country will truly be peaceful and harmonious at least for the next hundred years. And that's assuming nothing happens that pushes us back into blatant racial discrimination and oppression before then. Every few years something can happen and it kinda feels like we're close to the boiling point, Operation Dudula is going on right now. It's like the people of this country internalized the hate and violence shown towards them and want to pass it on

Loved the narrative and concepts of the episode

The way it actually panned out was whatever. I have no clue what the point of the restaurant was, a lot of the script was kinda empty, IDK

Could’ve tackled the topic way better

B+

This is how I feel they could have done more tbh weakest episode for me so far

Yeah like I would’ve loved some reconciliation with Sheniqua, maybe even a follow up to the restaurant scene where you kinda get an idea of his mental state now.

Even the run up could’ve been more than just him being followed by a car then a lady w a microphone for 10 minutes

Why not tie in the Hungarian/Byzantine s***?

damn he just told @twitch I live this s***, you witnessed it from your folks' pad
You scribbled it in your notepad

I’m jk bro u my dawg fasho

And you see what I said back?? That’s how you respond back while still referencing the current topic. I’m too smart. No wonder ima writer. Bruh need to hire me.

This is good

It’s actually a lot of Korean Brazilians. Had a homie in college from Brazil said it had the most Koreans in Latin country r some s***.

reminds me of Paul Mooney (?) quote “whenever I see a white homeless person I think what a waste of perfectly fine white skin”

Lemme guess y’all had s***and created a Korean Brazilian

Yea I feel you episode felt rushed and that Hungarian thing was left in the open lol

The restaurant showed that white people are now being forced to work minimum wage jobs as waiters, getting part of their salaries taken to repay black people and most of the people eating there were black which indicates that they're living more lavish lifestyles (the restaurant and food looked kinda fancy). It was a nice touch imo Same with the bus scene, I only just realized that the waiter and the driver looking at each other in the mirror was meant to show us white people are doing those jobs now. And "the curse" being gone possibly means better interactions between people of different races

Real recognize real

Thought my computer glitched or I got a messed up torrent when this man was asking for advice from Lester and it suddenly skipped to him talking to his white colleagues I even rewinded the episode

Man something about the black people in this episode being jovial just kills me "No it don't Ashley. No it don't"

I feel like things like what you’ve just described are a great case for pan Africanism. American race relations tends to dominate the global conversation so much that things like apartheid can get overlooked.

We truly aren’t that far removed from the most overt days of anti-Black racism. I always remind myself that the first Black student to attend an all white school in America is still alive and well (she’s only 67). The risk at the time was so great that she had to be accompanied by US federal marshalls.

This is fair but then take the time necessary to do a full season. Cause we gon judge this s*** like it was made with the same resources and effort of the prior joints and then niggas wanna make sassy episode descriptions and tweets like this lmao

That nigga was the best part of the episode hope he comes back lol

Probably saving the A material for whatever Stephen Glover writes on next.

Still impressive to see some of these setups/motifs being presented on a national television show. TV is on the way out so I’m not sure what this is worth.

If U watch the episode again, the white guy that kills himself in ep 4 is the same in ep 1

tv is on the way out? Like cable or like TV shows as a whole

Cable television