The Evolution of the Black Support Character
I don’t know which is worse, having television and film depict Black side characters with no nuance, no substance, or acknowledgment towards their race and how it affects their relationship with the main, usually White, character and the world around them. Or a complete acknowledgment of said discrimination, but not without the continuous fulfillment of the same racist tropes these films are now trying to criticize.
The films Fresh and Not Okay are perfect examples of this emerging phenomenon.