Tiffany Cross’ MSNBC Panel in Hysterics Over ‘Atlanta’ Scene Satirizing White People’s Nervousness Over Reparations (Video)
thewrap.comin fits laughing Saturday over a scene from Donald Glover’s surrealist drama “Atlanta,” which depicts two white people nervously discussing reparations for slavery.In the upcoming episode, the two characters fret over their futures. “It’s cleared the way for personal litigation.
Now they can look you up and force you to pay the price,” one says.Following the disbelief of the other, they continue, “Yeah, it’s scary.
I’m looking at my family tree right now to make sure I’m in the clear. Everybody else is, too.” Both of them glance over at their Black coworkers, laughing with each other across the office. “Lucky them.
Not a care in the world.”After playing the clip, Cross opened the floor to one of her panelists, activist and author Tim Wise, who was joined by regular contributor Jason Johnson.
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