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Black. White. was a reality television show on FX. It premiered on Wednesday March 8, 2006 at 10 p.m. Eastern. The series followed two families of three, one white, and the other black. Through studio-quality make-up, the two families—the Wurgels and the Sparks—traded races and experienced what life is like in the other family's shoes. The show was produced and created by Ice Cube, R. J. Cutler and the show's theme song was "Race Card", performed by Ice Cube and produced by Warren G. The series had six episodes.
Cast
Episodes by season
Season01
- S01E01Episode 1March 8, 2006—White dad Bruno suggests that black people nowadays are discriminated against mostly because they ""expect"" to be, an opinion that greatly
- S01E02Episode 2March 15, 2006—White mom Carmen makes comments that annoy black mom Renee while they are working with a dialogue coach to learn each other's lingo. Brian
- S01E03Episode 3March 22, 2006—White Carmen's praise of a ""beautiful black creature"" leads black mom Renee to conclude that she is a racist even though she means well.
- S01E04Episode 4March 29, 2006—Rose, in her black makeup, is surprised at how many references are made to race as she accompanies a black friend from poetry class, but she
- S01E05Episode 5April 5, 2006—Rose has developed a crush on an accomplished black rapper in her poetry class. Tensions mount between the families, as the attitudes of whi
- S01E06Episode 6April 12, 2006—As the experiment draws to a close, the two families think back over the past six weeks and try to draw conclusions about what they have lea