The event's hosts are Craig Allen (Rick Holmes), who's a wealthy, Hennessy-drinking White man, and his Black wife, Monique (Cassandra Freeman). Craig performs an interest in Black culture, offering, unbidden, a litany of references to Black history: "Nobody can give you freedom. Later, Craig asks Earn to sit in the front row for his delivery of a slam poem (oof) about being haunted by Jim Crow (ooooof). His silence puts distance between himself and his avowed affection for Earn (and his support for Black causes, generally). Attempted allyship has appeared in other ways, too, including in direct discussions of White people's role in the work of anti-racism.

Source: CNN June 19, 2020 09:11 UTC