“It’s important for us to see proper representation in all forms and all colors,” says Chloe Bailey, who co-stars as Jazz, one of the comedy’s track-running twins. The cast features two Black women - real-life siblings Chloe and Halle Bailey - with natural locs and the Cuban-American character Ana Torres (played by Mexican-and-Honduran actress Francia Raisa). Since the beginning, grown-ish has tried to be culturally inclusive.
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But, at the very least, it is important to be able to say, ‘What opportunities do we have to continue to expand what we’re used to seeing on-screen?’ Instead of falling into things that are systemically automated, it’s been important to figure out how to disrupt this automation. “No show should be everything to everybody. Watch all new episodes of grown-ish season 2, Wednesdays at 8/7c on FreeformWhat to watch next: more grown-i. “We know that we will never cover the total experience nor represent everyone,” says the biracial Shahidi, whose Black mother, Keri Shahidi, is darker-skinned. Aaron tries to defend Vivek's behavior to Doug. “The way in which the grown-ish family has expanded has been really beautiful.” “The amount of times in which we want to be able to say, ‘We know this to be true in our personal families – within one family we range the span of brown – and we want to be reflective of that,’ is endless,” Shahidi says, adding that the effort to include more diverse shades is a teachable moment for Black and non-Black people in positions of power. But, in some ways, that same installment only spotlighted the single-camera comedy’s lack of darker-skin actresses.
Season 1 of grown-ish featured an episode about colorism and Black men who only date lighter-skinned women and those outside of their race. It’s unfortunate that it is something that is seen as an extra conversation, but I’m grateful that I get to work with a team that is receptive.” It’s extremely important and is a conversation I’m about to have again next week. “In all honesty, this is a conversation we’ve had since Season 1. “It’s always been important to us,” Shahidi tells TVLine. Shahidi, who is now an executive producer on grown-ish, says the addition of Destiny and Harris quietly but deliberately shows a broader and more inclusive spectrum of Blackness. Single Drunk Female Renewed for Season 2 at Freeform Motherland: Fort Salem's Final Season, Revamped grown-ish and More Get Summer Premiere Dates on Freeform
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