The showrunner explains why it was so vital — and refreshing — for Netflix and Hello Sunshine to fully support the Black female creatives behind the series.
Sometime in 2020 — in the midst of Stacey Abrams’ voting rights advocacy work that would ultimately swing Georgia blue, saving the country from its worst political impulses; and around the time Beyoncé delivered a YouTube commencement address that gave hope and a sense of purpose to graduates struggling in a new and terrifyingly uncertain world — a phrase started to take hold in popular culture. “Believe Black Women.
It’s been a hashtag, the title of academic papers and a marketing tool. I’ve seen “Believe Black Women” on T-shirts, mouse pads, coffee mugs and tote bags in Etsy shops. There is a sense that Black women are diviners of culture. And while I bristle at any suggestion that Black women have supernatural wisdom in our DNA, I do know that going through life in our bodies, with our lived experiences, means we pay vigilant attention to the world around us. We can and do sense patterns in the wind.
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