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The Treatment

Kenya Barris: Black-ish

The Treatment

KCRW

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4.6639 Ratings

🗓️ 23 August 2017

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Black-ish creator Kenya Barris joins Elvis Mitchell to discuss utilizing his show as a conversation starter. (Repeat)

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0:00.0

A jail stint can really disrupt someone's life.

0:03.0

You can lose a job, a relationship, or thousands of dollars on fees, fines and bail.

0:08.0

Have I ever gone to jail?

0:09.0

Yeah, I just got out, actually.

0:10.0

If he doesn't show up the court, we've got to pay the $50,000.

0:13.0

No degree exchange, no kiss the bride.

0:16.0

There's no glamour in a jailhouse wedding.

0:19.0

Off the block, all six episodes tracing the path from city block to jail block and back

0:24.1

are now available on KCRW's iTunes page.

0:30.1

From KCRW Santa Monica and KCRW.com, it's the treatment. It's The Treatment.

0:45.7

Welcome to The Treatment.

0:49.8

You know, we're in the 21st century here, and the question still for people of color for African Americans is what is selling out?

0:53.2

And there is no show.

0:54.3

In fact, the career of my guest, Kenya Barris,

0:56.7

has sort of dealt with that from his running the show of The Game,

0:58.9

which is also the show that dealt with the question of people of color

1:01.8

and what selling out really means.

1:03.8

And his show that he's now currently in his third season,

1:06.3

the show he created for ABC, Blackish, very much deals with that in the community compassion.

1:10.3

First of all, thanks so much for being here.

1:11.5

Thanks for having me, man.

1:12.5

And it really is about that, isn't it?

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