When They See Us fellow Asante Blackk and Ethan Herisse have been associated with the actor Reed Shannon to host Talk About The Series, a show about race and social justice. The first installment, which dropped on Friday, had conversations with the Asante About Us cost Niles Fitch, as well as Small Fires Everywhere‘s Lexi Underwood and The euphoria‘s Storm Reid. The young stars discussed a number of topics, including their experiences in the entertainment industry, and the effects of Black Lives Matter protests.
The storm, which has stopped to use its platform to support racial equality, opened up about his mission of taking up space in the predominantly white Hollywood field. “We are born in a world where we have seen and we are accounted as nothing, but it really has nothing to do with us,” he said. “It has everything to do with them, and how this world was built on oppressing us and we make sure to stay as low as possible. Is a systematic and cultural problem. I don’t think it has anything to do with how we act or how we move through the world.”
Asante, Ethan, and Reed also spoke to Niles, who emphasized the importance of mental health in the Black community. “I think that the therapy is beneficial,” he said. “When you’re dealing with, you know, whether death or any type of trauma, it is sometimes good to talk or listen to other people who have gone through what you’re going to talk about your trip, where you are, your pain, and so on.”
“In my opinion, Black women are like superheroes.” — Lexi Underwood
The debut episode — which highlighted a GoFundMe dedicated to support Breonna Taylor’s family — ended up in a discussion with Lexi, who recently gave a speech at a Black Lives Matter protest in los ANGELES. The actress spoke about the importance of remembering the situation of Black women in the dialogue of race relations. “It is absolutely devastating to the amount of erasure of Black women to achieve, even in the midst of tragedy and death,” he said. “It goes back to that, honestly, only the times of slavery in that, you know, Black women have to always type out these loads in the back. We are always constantly kind of seen as the protectors and providers of services and the ones that are supposed to be strong in the midst of these tragedies. But, in reality, you do not have to be a moment where sometimes you just have to let us breathe . . . In my eyes, Black women are like superheroes.”
Other stars who appear on the program, including Joey King, Defending Jacob‘s’jaeden Martell, Snapshot Of The Family‘s Isabela Moner, and On My Block co Brett Gray and Jason Genao. Ahead, watch episode one of Talk About The Series.
