• In "This is what I call a reality show" news, the West Coast homey Ice Cube plans on exploring major racial issues in his upcoming six-part FX series "Black. White."

    What's the show all about, but before you answer, let's hear from Morehouse EbenGregory please. I know he has a lot to say.

    Okay.

    Here's Morehouse EbenGregory on Ice Cube's new TV series Black, White: Seeking to illuminate the ongoing problem of race relations in this country by exploring the subject from two sides of the issue, this six-part series gets right into the thick of it by disguising the members of two families -- one Caucasian, one African American -- as men and women of each other's color. It is clear from the start that despite the potentially volatile subject matter on the table, this show is going to explore everyone's strengths, weaknesses and predilection to pass judgment with uncommon frankness. There is no direct preaching here. There is only the naked truth that comes from people being honest with one another and revealing who they are. As always, and as shown here, the truth can at times be ugly -- but it can also be a force of enlightenment and understanding. At the very least, the truths in Black. White. make the viewer think. At present, it's an intriguing exercise in documentary filmmaking that will have people talking long after they watch. This is a television series that should make a difference. If the families involved represent the future of our society, Black. White. will be little more than a quaint cultural artifact 20 years from now.

    Okay then. Uh, I think we'd rather hear from The Jewelry Man instead. Morehouse EbenGregory's a little heavy.

    Here's The Jewelry Man on Ice Cube's new TV series Black, White: This is a hot potato, I'll pass on this one - talk to Ice Cube.

    Okay.

    Here's Ice Cube on his new TV series Black, White: I think the worst thing you can do about a situation is nothing. You have to get it out in the open. You have to talk about it. This show will provoke people to speak about it, to speak about race. At the end of the show, we realize that instead of worrying about everybody's differences, let's celebrate everybody's differences because nobody should want the world to all be the same. And that's really what the show is bringing out. It's kind of talking about the ills that face us everyday, the cancer of racism that faces America every day, and two families dealing with it, trying to teach each other about it and trying to learn about each other. And it's not always pretty, but it's definitely gets us talking about it.

    The show premieres Wednesday, March 8 at 10 p.m. And while The Jewelry Man sends his regards, he'll pass on the giving of jewelry.

    Click here to Watch EbenGregory - Ice Cube Explores Issues Of Race In New TV Show

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