I respect your thoughts on this, but definitely view this show through a different lens. As someone who acknowledges the existence of light-skinned privilege (even in my author bio here on Medium), I see Lovecraft Country as a remarkable doubling-down on the idea that living in the world as a Black person is a constant, improbable negotiation of identity. Racial, socioeconomic, sexual, gender-based...we are forced to deal in a transactional existence that will not just let us be. And sometimes, the bargaining we do to just live is complex and ugly and rarely a win-win.

I am singing Talib Kweli in my head, as I write this, which I take as my cue to end here.

"Just to get by...just to get by..."