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6 2 P E R S P E C T I V E | J U L Y / A U G U S T 2 0 1 8 Black-ish. Admittedly, it's a provocative title. And Black-ish does like to stir things up. With humor, Black-ish explores the issues of cultural identity in our increasingly diversity-conscious world. The show initially asked the question, "What do you lose if you're given more?" In this specific case, Andre "Dre" Johnson, an upper middle-class, African-American advertising executive, fears that his children are losing their black cultural A S O M E T I M E S Y O U N E E D A L O T O F H O U S E B l a c k - i s h B Y M A X I N E S H E P A R D , P R O D U C T I O N D E S I G N E R identity. He sees his children's assimilation as the potentially negative byproduct of his success. He grew up on the rough streets of Compton. Now, he chauffeurs his children to private school every day, in his Mercedes Benz, from the lush suburbs of Sherman Oaks, CA. Where did he go wrong?! Anyone who's ever worked in television knows, what happens in the pilot doesn't always stay in the series. This too was the case for the Johnson