- First episode about the Mangrive nine was powerful. Letitia Wright and dude who played Darcus Howe did their thing in this. Here are the real people behind it:
This episode was very hard to watch, particularly the first half hour. If you think the police are racist now (which they still are of course), they were a much bigger beast back then. Police were fukking with black people just because. They had a problem with us because we were the most resistant and put up a bigger fight than anybody.
They were fukking with that restaurant in particular because not only was it successful, even celebrities from here and abroad used to visit there and it was a local black power meeting place. What the episode also shows is how the police resent any form of black success. People might think its different now, but not much has changed. They still resent it when black people do well. I already made a thread on a brotha they kept harassing in the same way just because he was financially successful. They pulled the same shyt...harassment, accusing him of drug running and other bullshyt.
Most importantly, it showed how BLACK PEOPLE fought a battle against a blatantly racist (in)justice system that benefited everybody else, including the Asians who many of them like to label us as lazy and always talk about how we don't do as well as them economically, when they've been pretty much allowed to set up their businesses all over the place without enduring half the sabotage we had. Even on a street level it was mainly us doing the fighting - and winning.
- Second episode. The music and clothing was on point, but eh....gotta agree with the older folks on that one.
- Third episode. Boyega is getting better as an actor. some people may knock Leroy Logan's change in career, but being a scientist ultimately wasn't his calling and he made a legacy.
I didn't know his cousin was part of that group Imagination. Despite the

, 'Illusion' is a classic tune.
- I haven't watched the fourth episode yet.