‘Lovecraft Country,’ Colorism, and Dark-Skinned Erasure

After an extra was painted dark brown, we have questions

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5 min readMar 23, 2021

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Jurnee Smollett in “Lovecraft Country.” Photo: HBO

When Lovecraft Country premiered last year, I remember how enthusiastic I was. Given that we had just spent an entire summer living in a pandemic, a sci-fi TV show centering Black history, ancestry, and magic was the perfect distraction from my increased time in isolation.

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Black. Writing it away. Or writing it near. Just writing and learning. And writing again.