SNOWFALL ACTORS CRACK

ItвЂ™s another piece of work from Singleton, who made a name for himself in the 1990s with вЂњBoyz in the HoodвЂќ and other films that represented the people and socioeconomic issues that affected South Central. The most fascinating stories from the first few episodes are about normal people who get caught up in something larger than themselves.

SNOWFALL ACTORS CRACK

Taking into account what came about because of the crack cocaine epidemic then is more important to вЂњSnowfallвЂќ than where the drug came from. вЂњSometimes we hide some of the more shameful parts of our countryвЂ™s past.вЂќ вЂњIВ think that we realize there is a great divide in America right now because the telling of our history is slanted,вЂќhe continued. вЂњWe should be telling or stories in a way that we donвЂ™t have to throw out all our patriotism,вЂќ Joseph said, вЂњbut at the same time we canвЂ™t, for lack of a better term, whitewash some of the cup stains.вЂќ It doesnвЂ™t place the blame on any one group, but it doesnвЂ™t hold back. вЂњSnowfallвЂќ is an example of how you can tell an American history story without having to tone down that criticism. However, discussions concerning trying to fix those problems or acknowledging the negative impact the government had have been erased.ДЄlso Read: Early Version of 'All Eyez on Me' Included Tupac Being Raped in Prison The crack epidemic is a sore spot in that history thanks to all the harm it did to mostly communities of color. The significance of works like вЂњSnowfallвЂќ is how it focuses on these events - whether they show a good side of American history or not. People of color are still getting incarcerated more harshly for possessing crack thanks to the panic that arose following its widespread distribution. Its effects on lower-income communities like LA, New York and Miami are still being felt today, with some of those areas still decimated by the increases in crime.

This allowed it to reach, and profoundly shake up, a whole new clientele. However, when sellers began distilling it into a smokeable form, it became cheaper and easier to produce. HeвЂ™s looking to control what he can.вЂќД«efore вЂњSnowfallвЂќ is set, crack and cocaine were mostly consumed by the rich. In a way heвЂ™s between his four squares of the corner. вЂњThe character isnвЂ™t really aware of the bigger ramifications,вЂќ Joseph said.вЂќI kind of like that about the character. This is all before it gets turned upside down by Franklin and his romantic partner Louie. To him, itвЂ™s less about rising to the top of a drug cartel or becoming a millionaire and more about living a life that heвЂ™s comfortable with. He rocks a Jheri Curl (Joseph calls the hairdo Sheila), lifts weights in his yard, and listens to funk music. Unlike Franklin, who quickly establishes himself as an enthusiastic entrepreneurial genius, Jerome is comfortable dealing pot to people in his neighborhood. One of those characters is Jerome Saint - played by Joseph - who is an ex-felon and small-time drug dealer who gets pulled into the world of drug dealing after his nephew Franklin (Damson Idris) decides to start selling the drug in South Central Los Angeles. In the series, John SingletonВ (вЂњBoyz n the HoodвЂќ) tackles the crack cocaine epidemic of the 1980s through the eyes of people that wouldвЂ™ve lived through it. In a way, the younger Joseph is similar to his character Jerome Saint in the FX show вЂњSnowfall,вЂќ although Jerome doesnвЂ™t have the benefit of hindsight.ДЄlso Read: 'Snowfall' Creators On Accuracy of FX Show: 'We Had to Pick a Lane and Just Go' Looking back on it in hindsight is really terrible.вЂќ вЂњWe were not really understanding the ramifications of what the drug was doing to our community. вЂњI do remember those times when I wasnвЂ™t aware,вЂќ he told TheWrap. Even when he stepped on a crack pipe when walking home from school, he didnвЂ™t think much of it.

Yes, he participated in jokes about people being вЂњcrackheadsвЂќ and was surrounded by Nancy ReganвЂ™s вЂњJust Say NoвЂќ campaign - but Joseph said he wasnвЂ™t cognizant. This wasnвЂ™t something that hit him until years later. As a kid growing up in Harlem, вЂњSnowfallвЂќ actor Amin Joseph remembers seeing rumblings of what would grow into the crack cocaine epidemic: parks and school yards that had become places where people would do or sell drugs.

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