When the mixed-ish series was first announced, before we knew exactly what it was about or what stories it would be trying to tell, it received some side-eye from Black folks. There was serious skepticism about expanding the black-ish universe to give space to biracial identity.
Now that mixed-ish has premiered, it is in fact the whitest show in the black-ish world — even whiter than grown-ish, the Freeform spin-off that follows the oldest Johnson daughter, Zoey , and her racially diverse array of classmates. This makes sense because mixed-ish is one big flashback from narrator Rainbow , who, with the exception of the Johnson's co-workers and neighbors, has always been the whitest part of black-ish. The new show is about her experience assimilating from a remote commune to the suburbs with her Black mom, white dad, and biracial siblings.
There is quite a bit of racial dialogue in mixed-ish. Alicia and Paul met in law school, but he dropped out while she stayed enrolled, ensuring that she'd always have"a backup plan." She reads her husband to filth when he disagrees with her putting on a suit to work at his father's law firm, stating that as a Black woman, assimilation is her only hope for success.
Much of the dialogue and setting of mixed-ish does feel notably white, from the unfriendly stares of the neighbors to Paul's general cluelessness, and his father Harrison's unapologetic capitalism. Mixed-ish feels like Modern Family meets Fresh Off The Boat, but make it literally"Black-ish." Much like being bi-racial creates a different racial experience, mixed-ish is a different kind of show — and that's ok.
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