‘Snowfall’ Actor Amin Joseph on Show’s Importance: ‘We Can’t Whitewash’ Parts of History
Even when he stepped on a crack pipe when walking home from school, he didn’t think much of it.
[...] the younger Joseph is similar to his character Jerome Saint in the FX show “Snowfall,” although Jerome doesn’t have the benefit of hindsight.
In the series, John Singleton (“Boyz n the Hood”) tackles the crack cocaine epidemic of the 1980s through the eyes of people that would’ve lived through it.
Unlike Franklin, who quickly establishes himself as an enthusiastic entrepreneurial genius, Jerome is comfortable dealing pot to people in his neighborhood.
[...] he’s between his four squares of the corner.
People of color are still getting incarcerated more harshly for possessing crack thanks to the panic that arose following its widespread distribution.
The crack epidemic is a sore spot in that history thanks to all the harm it did to mostly communities of color.
Taking into account what came about because of the crack cocaine epidemic then is more important to “Snowfall” than where the drug came from.
“He was always really instrumental in letting us know the time period,” he continued.