The worst kept secret about the black community: though the majority of us may vote liberal, the homes that raised us were not.
While other American cultures have been slow in finding the intersection where familial acceptance meets identity and sexuality, black families all too often struggle turning on the GPS.
However…
If black families did turn on the GPS, I could hear Nore Davis’s voice as the one giving much needed turn-by-turn directions.
I have been a fan since Too Woke.
(The 36 Chambers homage was aimed right at me in the target demographic… I didn’t have a choice)
In his previous work, the native New Yorker has been transparent about his sibling’s gender transition, his mother’s path to acceptance and the candid loving conversations he’s had with his own child; affirming his fatherly support during their exploration of self-expression.
For someone who aims to make a better future for his family and community possible, his content consistently hits the mark without failure.
By making “funny” look so easy and natural, audiences rightly trust him to see them. In my experience when audiences feel seen, they can trust…and when they trust, they can be fed.
Davis’s commentary feels more like a constructive conversation with an enlightened peer than a sermon from a subway station soap box.
His love for his family is obvious and may just help more families learn how to value one another properly.
Catching his show at the DC Improv the same weekend that Brian Simpson was also there was an amazing experience… and not just because I ran into Paris Seshay AGAIN….