196. Touched by an Angel Did Blackface
🕑 Added 2025-02-18 01:29:08 +0000 UTCTouched by an Angel was a hit show we'd never seen that aired for nine years. During that run, the show tackled racism with an episode in 1999 titled "Black Like Monica," in which a white angel turns black for a little bit to learn about racism. This involved Monica, played by Roma Downey, to be in blackface. This special episode had a special guest star: Rosa Parks.
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meagan_perk
WHAT THE FUCK DID I JUST WATCH 🫢
CinematicEmpath
Not related much to the episode but wanted to tell Rich that article he wrote on Q Lazzarus is incredible. Have been sharing with all my friends 🐎🖤
Domenic Longobardi
I think their issue is with the incorrect use of the term pedophile, which is a term that describes someone who is attracted to a pre-pubescent child; not a teen. People use that term as an attack because it has so much power to destroy. Drake is just widely inappropriate.
Griselda
They made him look like a troll doll with troll doll feet.
Rebekah Felipe
That makes sense! Love ya Rich
Ash
Thank you for writing her name and validating my use of the block button months ago 🙏🏽
dovesounds
The significance of her crip walk at Wimbledon wasn’t lost on me, the cut to Venus laughing. It was everything ❤️. So glad you figured out how to block her, someone else was kind enough to share the knowledge with me recently 😂 no surprise this white woman is policing poc lol
Stacey Smith
I think the Elton John song Tracie sung was Billy Joel’s ‘My Life’
Caroline Evans
I remember Millie Bobby Brown talking about she and Drake texting when she was, like, 15. And Billie Eilish. In his older music (with Wayne and other features) they'd rap about young actresses and wanting to fuck them when they turn 18. It's weird af. If he's not a full on pedophile, I'd put money on him being a groomer. I would venture to guess many of your female audience has had older men pursue them while teens; including myself. There's no reason for a non-family member adult to foster a relationship with a teenager. Let alone a mega-famous male adult with a newly famous girl he wasn't even working with. It's wildly inappropriate. Idk. Maybe it's inhumane to chant pedophile about Drake but if he's going to text teens and rap about fucking them, well, we're going to chant pedophile... 🤷♀️🤷♀️
Ab
Okay sorry you just said it. I was too impatient.
Ab
Rich I feel like Leo’s always get lion tats
Clint R.
Are you (Alexandria) honestly policing a Black person thoughts on these topics? Also, they get my money everyone month … so why are you so pressed about it? Edit: I found the block feature. 🙏
Domenic Longobardi
Has anyone ever looked into Kanye’s past and his behavior? I’m curious as to what he was like as a teenager.
Alexandria
Wow you're an encyclopedia of "problematic activity" thanks for joining in again Clint
Chesney Christner
Thoughts on Kendrick featuring Kodak Black on Mr Morale and now calling out Drake? Seems a little hypocritical
Saratessa Palos
I used to watch touched by an angle as a little kid lol I loved it so much. I’m 30 now and I fully forgot about this show 🤣.
Nomi Malone
Here’s my “We don’t say it, but now we said it” truth: Kendrick’s flared jeans look stupid.
Alexandria
My family tuned in every week with dinner for Touched by an Angel when I was a kid! I'm 31 so I was a child. Never watched until an old woman in our church turned us onto it (not kidding)
Alexandria
Magic Moment last night found myself singing poopa-de'scoop, scoopah-da'poop to my toddler 😵💫 then I stopped
Tressa Erickson
The Poopity Scoop song was Kanye trolling Drake. Here's Drake telling the story: https://www.tiktok.com/@rap/video/7297656142203718954?lang=en
Ash
My bestie has American psycho. For a nice mineral note try Sydney Rock Pool by Arquiste.
Tracie Egan Morrissey
Hi, this is Rich. That's not at all what I meant. I started to make a philosophical point about the Pulitzer board potentially being a largely white group and how big of a compliment that actually is to hip hop/a Black artist (i.e. how meaningful is white validation after all), but I trailed off because I don't know the makeup of the Pulitzer board, and whatever, prestige is prestige I guess. I know Clint detected the same thing, and that it came out wrong, so to clarify, I don't believe that Kendrick won the award because he's Black. I believe he won it because he's brilliant.
Tracie Egan Morrissey
I (Tracie) am not a sports person, as you might be able to tell. I saw someone on TikTok say that. It’s embarrassing I repeated it without checking 🤦🏻♀️
Clint R.
Blackface; insinuating that Kendrick Lamar won his Pulitzer because DEI ; saying Serena Williams routinely c-walked when she only did it once during the 2012 Olympics gold medal match — this is the Black History episode? As a Black person speaking for only for myself …. thanks ?!!! 🤷🏾♂️😄 This episode is kinda the sequel to episode back in December 2022 (?) where you talked about Kayne’s wild antisemitic appearance on Infowars and Elon Musk selling carbon credits.
Rebekah Felipe
Not Rich insinuating Kendrick got the Pulitzer because he’s black 🙅🏽♀️ Come on now!
Ash
*put
Ash
Tracie as soon as I saw Shopify pot out a statement I thought of you😭