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KJ Kearney's avatar

Great breakdown!

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John Wright's avatar

Thanks! Appreciate you for reading it!

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Joy Bwiza's avatar

Honestly love how ADW tackled difficult and uncomfortable topics!

Small note, Jaleesa was not a single mum. She was divorced. Stevie, the resident director played by Loretta Devine, was a single mum.

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John Wright's avatar

Thanks for catching that! And for reading the piece - about to update that now

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Carrie W's avatar

Great read. I didn’t attend an HBCU, however, ADW influenced my desire to attend college and have the college experience.

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John Wright's avatar

Just seeing this for some reason - I know it's months later lol. But thank you for reading the piece! ADW did the same for me - huge reason why I chose my school too

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Jeffrey Alan Henderson's avatar

Great read. Definitely top 5 show for me. The character development of Dwayne eventually becoming cool just by being himself is what connected for me.

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John Wright's avatar

Appreciate you giving it a read! And same, Dwayne Wayne's character development inspired me a lot too. Dude really showed what it was like to go from on the come up to The Man

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Vonetta Hinton's avatar

I will be restacking this with a note! Looooved this show to no end!!! ❤️

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John Wright's avatar

Bet! Appreciate you for reading it - truly one of the best shows ever 🙏🏾

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Vonetta Hinton's avatar

Yes it was…and IS!!

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