“Queen Sugar” is the TV show that I didn’t even know I needed.

Nicole J. Butler
Jul 24, 2017 · 4 min read

One of my sisters has been trying to get me to watch “Queen Sugar” since the first episode aired, but since her viewing practices have proven to be questionable in the past, I “yeah-yeahed” her and kept it moving (sorry, Mel).

I have a love/ hate relationship with “black shows.” My early childhood memories are rooted in a time during which the phone would ring and it was my grandmother or great-grandmother calling to inform us that “colored folks are on TV.” Eager to see people who looked like us, we would immediately turn…

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