What we’ve said in our show this season is that the same people have put the same type of things in the same type of communities – poor communities. We had crack, and in the white community there’s opioids. One of the things the opioids addiction has done is that even the cultural playing field.
We are going to continue to deal with the aspect of the children being in the pods and experimentation in the community.īut one of the things we also want to do, I think this would be interesting, is that one of the biggest stereotypes in America is that all white people are rich and doing great. One of the things we intend to show is that’s not the case because that stereotype not only hurts the country – it hurts white folk and it hurts black people because it gives you the idea that there are some people that are supreme and not experiencing the same thing as you. What we intend to do is give a strong nod to the comic books. The first four episodes will be under the banner of the book of consequences. It’s also a metaphor for the opioid addiction in the white community.
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Green light, and I’m sure you all know, is just a metaphor for crack and how it invaded the black community. “The continuation of the green light effect.
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Executive producer Salim Akil provided some insight into the political inspirations of the series and how the show is building a bridge to racial understanding. Recently at SDCC, the cast and crew of the hit television series Black Lightning had a chance to speak about what exactly fans could expect.
As the second season of The CW’s breakout hit Black Lightning prepares to begin airing this October, the cast and crew offered some insight on what fans can expect to see.
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