Breh… The late 00s/early 2010 was an onslaught of black trauma porn and buffoonery.
Tyler Perry and his Madea nonsense. Interestingly enough, both he and Lee Daniels were being championed by Oprah. A coincidence?
The final straw for me was The Help. The way I saw so many white folk (white women in particular) lining up so giddy to watch it, I refused to spend a cent watching it. They love watching movies about the good old days when black folk were subservient.
And then a few years later, another Lee Daniels shyt show “The Butler” came out, starring and supported by Oprah once again.
This is why a huge cultural shift was needed. The “conscious” movement has been far from perfect because it’s filled with so many charlatans, but it’s led to more woke folks (before the word got corrupted).