Editor
While series like “Friends,” “The Office,” and “Parks and Recreation” — shows in which white characters simply exist for the sake of escapism and laughs — have existed since the advent of television, similar series depicting life in Black America are few and far between. Too often, Black TV characters come from broken families and violent backgrounds, while scripts read as though they’re attempting to explain Blackness to a non-Black demographic. Watching shows written about you but not…
