In its first episode since Olivia Pope's (Kerry Washington) escape, Scandal didn't pull any punches. The ABC drama doesn't openly discuss race often, but when it does - from Olivia's searing "I'm feeling a little, I don't know, Sally Hemings/Thomas Jefferson about this" jab to her father's mantra that she had to be "twice as good" - it's a raw reminder that, even in Shondaland, America is far from color-blind. Thursday night's episode handled the shooting of a young, unarmed black man - a clear statement on Ferguson's Michael Brown - with profound grace, exploring police brutality, racial identity...
- 3/6/2015
- by Michele Corriston, @mcorriston
- PEOPLE.com
In its first episode since Olivia Pope's (Kerry Washington) escape, Scandal didn't pull any punches.
The ABC drama doesn't openly discuss race often, but when it does – from Olivia's searing "I'm feeling a little, I don't know, Sally Hemings/Thomas Jefferson about this" jab to her father's mantra that she had to be "twice as good" – it's a raw reminder that, even in Shondaland, America is far from color-blind.
Thursday night's episode handled the shooting of a young, unarmed black man – a clear statement on Ferguson's Michael Brown – with profound grace, exploring police brutality, racial identity and grassroots activism from all sides.
The ABC drama doesn't openly discuss race often, but when it does – from Olivia's searing "I'm feeling a little, I don't know, Sally Hemings/Thomas Jefferson about this" jab to her father's mantra that she had to be "twice as good" – it's a raw reminder that, even in Shondaland, America is far from color-blind.
Thursday night's episode handled the shooting of a young, unarmed black man – a clear statement on Ferguson's Michael Brown – with profound grace, exploring police brutality, racial identity and grassroots activism from all sides.
- 3/6/2015
- by Michele Corriston, @mcorriston
- People.com - TV Watch
In its first episode since Olivia Pope's (Kerry Washington) escape, Scandal didn't pull any punches. The ABC drama doesn't openly discuss race often, but when it does - from Olivia's searing "I'm feeling a little, I don't know, Sally Hemings/Thomas Jefferson about this" jab to her father's mantra that she had to be "twice as good" - it's a raw reminder that, even in Shondaland, America is far from color-blind. Thursday night's episode handled the shooting of a young, unarmed black man - a clear statement on Ferguson's Michael Brown - with profound grace, exploring police brutality, racial identity...
- 3/6/2015
- by Michele Corriston, @mcorriston
- PEOPLE.com
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