Also LOL at people taking this Marvel crap a la Black Panther or Luke Cage seriously, like, this has anything relevant to say on politics.
Both the movie and the shows are basically about black on black violence and respectability politics all the time, and the great solution at the end is to buy some properties and build a school in Oakland or whereever by some guy who rules his country like a dictator. Yeah, this is what Africa needs, another country without democracy ruled by a nepotist authoritarian monarch. They are straight-up reactionary garbage, made to not offend an audience that in the majority isn't black.
This is a really bad take.
'Made to not offend an audience that in the majority isnt black'? Both LC and BP are overwhelmingly black. LC lives and breathes African-American identity, and then BP leans heavily on Africa and black excellence. If they were made to 'not offend' a white audience don't you think they'd really water down the blackness of them, chuck a couple white saviours in there?
LC is dealing with issues in an African-American district. Sure there's black-on-black crime but guess what that happens in predominantly black areas. Not as a stereotype of crime but in terms of y'know... The ethnic make up of the area.
BP ultimately boils down to black on black violence but that's because of opposing ideologies of dealing with white-on-black violence and oppression. And guess what both the protagonist and antagonist are wrong and the real answer is somewhere inbetween them. White people straight up caused the conflict in BP. And you know that the film would straight up trigger these supposed sensitive white audiences, the film isn't built to 'not offend', it takes its own path confidently.
Even outside of the narrative of the media, both productions gave opportunities and platforms to black talent who flourished. Actors, writers, directions, musicians, production... Both properties and giving blacks really good opportunities, and in both properties they've worked their assess off and deserve the recognition for their good work.
Look I'm not claiming either is a generational impact or will influence race relations in the country but to just write them off as typical white productions is lazy at best.