Comedic actors Anthony Anderson and Tracee Ellis Ross return to prime time television this fall in ABC’s new family series, Black–ish.
As previously reported, the half-hour scripted comedy follows an upper-middle class black man, intent on raising his kids with some sense of cultural identity, in the face of an assault of constant contradictions and obstacles coming from various directions, insisting that his children be color-blind. Black-ish is loosely-based on the life of acclaimed writer and producer Kenya Barris.
“I decided to do this project when I looked up and realized that everywhere I go I’m constantly the fly in buttermilk… I’m usually THE Black guy at work. We’re THE Black family in the neighborhood. My kids are basically THE Black kids at school. I think it’s kind of a situation of be careful what you wish for. It’s almost in like moving on up, I’ve sort of priced myself “out” of being Black,” said Barris.
Black-ish also stars acclaimed TV and film actor, Laurence Fishburne, who plays Anderson’s father.
Check out the preview below:
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