To Washingtonians, however, this spoonful of alphabet soup is full of local flavor-andredolent of black American history.

The entirety of Black American history has been a play on the razor-sharp line between subversion and submission.

We've been on the dark and light side of history, capturing some of the most important moments in Black American history.

Pryor's lack of inhibition in picking at the scabs of Black American history encourages a comparison to his era's pop icons of black masculinity.

Olu then suggests Black British actors are better suited for certain roles because they don't carry the burden of Black American history that African-Americans do.