The Good Fight
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The politics ofThe Good Fightarent exhilarating because theyre affirmative.
But Frank is there with other business.
Big business, as it happens.
And who better than the minds at a majority-black law firm to strategize a new way forward?
And then Jay drops a bomb: The Democratic Party is doing jack shit to combat racism.
With that,The Good Fightfinds that sweet spot where it just makes everyone squirm.
Adrian asks Jay to dial down the DNC-bashing, so as to not alienate a potentially massive client.
One voice in the room presents a fascinating contrary thought: I say keep the reparations, she says.
Id rather have white guilt.
That I can leverage.
(In the middle of it all, the DNC quietly exits stage left.)
(Or STD Laurie, as Marissa puts it.)
Id rather cut my wrists than go to HR willingly.
The only position it ever takes unambiguously is that these conversations be allowed to happen.
So in the N-word discussion, it sides firmly with Reddick, Boseman.
A key line of questioning gets shut down when a clerk shuffles Memo 618 under Charlottes face.
To paraphraseWhen a Stranger Calls: The cabal is coming from inside the house.
A good early signal of how messy the process is about to get.
An office full of black lawyers being forced to watch a racial-sensitivity training video is about right.
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