Black Don T Crack Analysis

In the episode from Black-ish, “Elder. Scam.” is dealing with the issue of brain health in the African-American society. Dre gets worried about his aging mother’s cognitive functions. To start off the episode Dre states that Black women carry a ton of weight and responsibility on their shoulders, often without complaining, dealing with cooking, cleaning, working and taking care of the kids. And although they might look like African American Women keep it together, it takes someone from the outside to notice. While “black don’t crack,” may be true, sometimes it’s what lies within.
Ruby tells Dre and Rainbow that she sent money to online scammers who claimed to have kidnapped Junior. Dre usually sees Ruby scamming others not the one that is scammed. Rainbow tells Dre that his mother is probably just growing old and picking up dementia. While his co-workers tell him it could be the start of Alzheimer’s disease, a progressive mental deterioration characterized by severe memory loss (PG 270,271).
Ruby being the scammer she is, rather than trying to suppress her son’s concerns about her mental state, she increases them to trick Dre into getting her a new car. Ruby starts to rapidly start showing early symptoms of disturbance in memory, beginning with typical incidents of forgetfulness like losing her purse that is right on her shoulder, which caps in …show more content…
Rainbow has been seeing a therapist, even though Dre clowns her about her “champagne problems” and scoffs therapy as a thing that rich white can people do, paying 200$ for an appointment. However, Dre gets mad and kicks a bag across the living room after he notices that someone has opened his val-pack he got in the mail and who threatens a postman for ringing and knocking so badly, he asked to be taken off their delivery