
"You know, there is a difference between someone who's from Jamaica, someone who's from Nigeria, a Black person in England, a Black person on the West Coast of America, a Black person on the East Coast of America and so, I what I love about this character is it really, really showcases the damaging effects of disqualifying someone's Blackness based solely on their interests, based solely on how they speak, based on how they dress," he added. Interview: Adrian Holmes, Cassandra Freeman, and Olly Sholotan on Being Part of the New Bel-Air Interview: The Cast of Bel-Air on Experiencing the Original. Even just you and I sitting here, I don't know your background, but I can tell you right now, we are both Black and we both have had different backgrounds in the Black community. Bel-Air delivers the drama and its best episode of.

"I think that as a community, we really need to come to terms with this very damaging idea that there is a singular Black male identity and if you do not fall within that, you are corny, you are an Oreo, you are this, you are that," he said. Bel-Air Season Finale Review: Where To (Season 1 Episode 10). Speaking exclusively to Digital Spy, Sholotan spoke out on the damaging Black stereotype that there's only one way to be Black. Cassandra Freeman as Vivian Banks, Olly Sholotan as Carlton Banks, Coco Jones as Hilary Banks, Akira Akbar as Ashley Banks, Jimmy Akingbola as Geoffrey.
