Episode 1 was incredible- extremely poignant and topical.
What I loved the best was how, in ONE episode, Donald Glover and the creative team were able to subtly highlight the hypocrisy of white "supremacy".
The white lesbian couple's house was a mess, in contrast Loquareeous's mother house was clean.
The white lesbian couple was of course two white women running a household. In Loquareeous household there was a black male (the grandfather) present
The white lesbians couldn't cook and had very little food. In Loquareeous's house his mother kept food at the ready
While Loquareeous silently groans at eating his mother's leftover spaghetti, it is healthy. The food the white lesbians DO provide makes Loquareeous sick
The white lesbians told Loquareeous that Police and other whites were to be trusted. Loquareeous mother stressed to him the dangers of being around white people.
The white lesbians encouraged Loquareeous to dance and act as a clown for their amusement. Loquareeous's mother did not want him shucking and jiving
When CPS initially come to Loquareeous's house, the mother is angered and does not want to let them in. The irony is that Loquareeous's mother was so abrasive because she had NOTHING to hide. She was who she was and her method of raising her son was to look out for his best interest. In contrast the white lesbians allowed the CPS worker into their home with little fuss BECAUSE they were trying to keep up a facade.
The white lesbians never hit Loquareeous but they kept him malnourished, uncleaned, unkempt, and forced him into physical labor. Loquareeous Grandfather used corporal punishment in the form of the titular "three slaps" but kept him fed, clothed, cleaned, and he's never shown doing any household chores whatsoever while in the home.
The white lesbians adopted child after child. Even when it was clear they were financially unable to properly care for so many children they kept taking on more. Loquareeous was the only child in his mother's household.
The White Lesbians brow beat Loquareeous into questioning his thought process, constantly spoke down to him, and constantly questioned his intelligence. Loquareeous's mother emphatically dismissed any and all attempts to question her son's intellect or ability to learn.
Loquareeous is shown at home watching a particularly violent sequence of the animated series American Dad. Many times when it comes to critiquing black households the saying is that the parents aren't hands on enough and that television is "raising" the kids, leading to violent proclivities. However in the end it is the white lesbians, with their "hands on" parenting style, that are a danger Loquareeous's and the other children's well being.
Loquareeous's mother never, not ONCE curses at him. Even when she is upset with him at school, she speaks harshly but never with foul language. When Child protective services show up to her door, she curses at THEM but even as she is kicking Loquareeous out of the house, she doesn't curse. The lesbian woman Gayle curses both at Loquareeous and in his presence several times during his stay there.
The school guidance counselor, the asian child protective services worker, and the Police officer are MORE than happy to keep Loquareeous with the white lesbians, in effect keeping him in a world of white supremacy. Every time Loquareeous protests and begs to go "home" (back amongst black folk) he is immediately dismissed EXCEPT by the one BLACK CPS worker.
Oh them Reddit cac gonna be mad tonight
its not awful but yea it's been a dropoff. Hope it picks up
