Awkward Black Girl Youtube Analysis

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In the YouTube series by Issa Rae “Awkward Black Girl” was about a female name J who was awkward but at the sometime passive aggressive when it come to her rapping which show her journey through her awkward life at the weight loss pill company called Gut busters and romantic situations. Which the main character has develop feeling for two men name Fred and white J which create a love triangle. I love this YouTube series because it was so realistic to what the everyday female going through such as her awkward, competitive against coworkers, develop feeling for peoples not sure to who to choose. So, when I watch television show of black women I see the sexy, long-haired, beautiful close to perfect women that have everything they want in life

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