If we are to break down this episode independent of the season’s overall theme then this episode is about Consequences. Mainly the Consequence enacted when black people come to collect on white privilege.
Fernando’s Consequence for his white privilege of withholding what a black man is owed is vengeance by destruction. In reality, white people get so up in arms when Black people snap and start looting and rioting, that they fail to see that the result of that destruction is a CONSEQUENCE for their own collective actions. Black people have been talking, marching, preaching, and DEMANDING to be treated civilly and with respect since the inception of modern day civilization. We are ignored time and time again until we get violent or destructive.
Attempting to educate white people about racism is akin to attempting to awaken somebody who is pretending to be asleep. They KNOW what the issue is, they simply just ignore it because it benefits THEM.
Alfred won the game fair and square. He searched for Fernando. He MARCHED all throughout the mansion trying to find him. He tried to talk to him. Reason with him. SHOUT HIS DEMANDS. And what did Fernando do? He laid in the bed and pretended to be ALSEEP. He only stirred when Alfred started DESTROYING AND STEALING HIS PROPERTY.
The Asian lady’s consequence for her judgement of Darius (He’s black so of course he MUST want her) is having an even harsher judgement placed upon HER by the white people in the party. Darius even tries to warn her of the coming consequence (reminiscent of black people trying to tell Asians, Latinos, and any other minority group that their all the “same” in the eyes of white supremacy only to be ignored until its too late) but she only smiles and walks right into her own demise, thinking she was “safe” amongst her fiance’s white friends.
The most obvious example of Consequence is of course Earn’s storyline with Will. The Black Kid (TJ) Will is bankrolling is obviously hustling and using him for his wealth. Will is basically a less fundamentally sound version of Craig from Season 1’s episode “Juneteenth”. A supposedly well meaning white man whose attempts to understand and appreciate black culture are at the root attempts to profit off of it, but instead it is TJ who is profiting off Craig by in effect selling him counterfeit culture. Earn gets in on this by making a deal to “manage” TJ (and taking 25% for himself) in effect “partnering” with the TJ when it is Craig who thinks HE’S the partner.
This is driven home by Craig breaking up with his fiance’ (using racist lingo) in attempts to placate Darius. Craig thinks he’s doing the “right” thing while doing nothing more than subtly perpetuating white racism.
Fernando’s Consequence for his white privilege of withholding what a black man is owed is vengeance by destruction. In reality, white people get so up in arms when Black people snap and start looting and rioting, that they fail to see that the result of that destruction is a CONSEQUENCE for their own collective actions. Black people have been talking, marching, preaching, and DEMANDING to be treated civilly and with respect since the inception of modern day civilization. We are ignored time and time again until we get violent or destructive.
Attempting to educate white people about racism is akin to attempting to awaken somebody who is pretending to be asleep. They KNOW what the issue is, they simply just ignore it because it benefits THEM.
Alfred won the game fair and square. He searched for Fernando. He MARCHED all throughout the mansion trying to find him. He tried to talk to him. Reason with him. SHOUT HIS DEMANDS. And what did Fernando do? He laid in the bed and pretended to be ALSEEP. He only stirred when Alfred started DESTROYING AND STEALING HIS PROPERTY.
The Asian lady’s consequence for her judgement of Darius (He’s black so of course he MUST want her) is having an even harsher judgement placed upon HER by the white people in the party. Darius even tries to warn her of the coming consequence (reminiscent of black people trying to tell Asians, Latinos, and any other minority group that their all the “same” in the eyes of white supremacy only to be ignored until its too late) but she only smiles and walks right into her own demise, thinking she was “safe” amongst her fiance’s white friends.
The most obvious example of Consequence is of course Earn’s storyline with Will. The Black Kid (TJ) Will is bankrolling is obviously hustling and using him for his wealth. Will is basically a less fundamentally sound version of Craig from Season 1’s episode “Juneteenth”. A supposedly well meaning white man whose attempts to understand and appreciate black culture are at the root attempts to profit off of it, but instead it is TJ who is profiting off Craig by in effect selling him counterfeit culture. Earn gets in on this by making a deal to “manage” TJ (and taking 25% for himself) in effect “partnering” with the TJ when it is Craig who thinks HE’S the partner.
This is driven home by Craig breaking up with his fiance’ (using racist lingo) in attempts to placate Darius. Craig thinks he’s doing the “right” thing while doing nothing more than subtly perpetuating white racism.
in the end she was treated as disposable by the white power structure she was trying to assimilate to. That’s a sidebar. Before even introducing herself she’s defending herself against Darius. Saying he can’t have her when it wasn’t that deep. It was bout having some gin.
, which I guess started in episode 2.
