Bob Hearts Abishola: Pilot

The new pilot may be the first show in recent memory to acknowledge that bigotry is often more complex than the simplistic “white persecutor versus oppressed minority” dichotomy. In one scene at the local school, Abishola gets in a fight with a non-immigrant black parent when the school principal reveals that the American-born son called Abishola’s son a racial slur. In response, Abishola insults the other mother’s boy, implying that the native-born black son will grow-up to be a failure. The intensity of that scene is the first I have seen in a sitcom. Usually, bigotry is only portrayed between black and white characters...

This video clipped to illustrate a post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog, read more HERE