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Despite appearances, Aaron is Black.
He has a Black father (his mother is absent and never mentioned).
Laughing lightly under his breath, Aarons father tries to calm his son.
Im bout to burn this motherfucker down, Felix proclaims.
If so, its not in the least bit revelatory!).
Lee arrives on the scene and grants Felix a scholarship as he is put into the ambulance.
Getting shot by the police is the blackest thing anybody can do, he tells the boy.
One year later, Aaron is a new man with a job at an electronics store.
With a fresh shape-up, diamond studs, a chain, and a P.O.
to boot, hes taken up a new (read: Blacker) aesthetic.
His ex Kate walks into the store and is stunned by his look and demeanor.
Can I be honest with you?
At the level of cinematography and narrative, this episode relishes contrast.
This is why his final gaze in the episode is a knowing one.
His gaze presumes a shared knowledge of interracial fantasies predicated on racial performance.
Who better than him to bridge the episodes interest in race, violence, optics, and desire?
He dodges his own question).
