We Wrote a ‘Black-ish’ Episode That Criticized Trump. I Was ‘Crushed’ When ABC Shelved It.

My lady tells me I’m paranoid. But in these polarizing times, I’d rather be safe than hosing yokels off my lawn. That’s why I immediately deactivated my Facebook, Instagram and Twitter once ABC told me the Black-ish episode “Please, Baby, Please” was finally going to air, two years after its intended air date. When we originally finished the episode, creator/writer Kenya Barris and I made jokes about how its unfavorable critique of Trump meant one or both of two things:

So all of that terror came rushing back when I got the call, and I subsequently scrubbed my digital fingerprint. Plus, I have six kids now (two are adopted, four are fostered; I’m not a Black dad stereotype) and I’d prefer them not watch me knuckle up with some Proud Boy lunatic who followed social media breadcrumbs to my house.

However, this episode finally airing isn’t all crippling, blood-in-my-underpants anxiety. There’s some swelling pride, too.  

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