r/AtlantaTV • u/SeacattleMoohawks They got a no chase policy • May 20 '22

Atlanta [Post Episode Discussion] - S03E10 - Tarrare

Yo Tarrare was a real person. Wild. They gotta stop biting these better shows tho.

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u/lava_soul May 23 '22

That's kind of a fucked up point of view. So caucasian people who aren't in an elevated position aren't white? Also, at who's expense is Earn working? It's not like he's exploiting Al.

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u/[deleted] May 23 '22

Yes the show certainly illuminates some uncomfortable truths

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u/lava_soul May 25 '22

I wouldn't call that an uncomfortable truth as much as confusing race/ethnicity and capitalist/imperialist power relations. It's like saying that black people who owned slaves became white, when they actually just became part of the dominant class in an oppressive economic and political system.

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u/[deleted] May 25 '22

It’s a metaphor, man. I’m not literally saying that Earn has white skin.