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The Real Housewives of Potomac Recap: Read Receipts
It genuinely pains me to point out all the ways that Gizelle is right in this episode.
I think multiple things can be true here — the comments were harsh, Karen was clearly deflecting with Gizelle’s assistance, and Mia still made choices that didn’t protect her children. Juxtaposing them was a smart move by production because a lot of their arcs overlap: both married to white foreigners with money (you are not getting so rich you forget you cut your grass on a QVC paycheck), both raising multiracial children, and both struggling with shifting and new cultural realities in an evolving racial framework. It was genuinely compelling to watch them contend with the reality of Black American culture, socialization, and the impact of integrating into white upper-class structures with multiracial children without it feeling preachy or contrived.
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