Black-ish creator Kenya Barris and star Tracee Ellis Ross discuss Dr. Rainbow Johnson’s character-defining clap-back from the pilot.
What does it mean to be Black?
That small punch-up made a huge difference.
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“She’s a joke murderer.
Those are universalities no matter what socio-economic, cultural enclave you grow up in.
She understood it and hit it out the park off top.
I remember us laughing on set.”
Ross considers the quip unpacking her character’s biracial identity to be indicative of whatBlack-ishdoes best.
Blackness is many things.
And it speaks to them with a sense of pride."
