"I think Rose is a good kid,” Renee said. "She is actually making an effort to learn what it is like to be black.”
The same couldn’t be said for Bruno.
Fernando rightly told Bruno it was wrong to suggest any group of people are all the same. “I think Fernando felt I just did not get it, that I was not willing to look at certain things,” Bruno said.
“We can’t agree on anything,” Fernando said. “I think you are full of crap. I don’t know how your wife can put up with you. I sense that you would be insensitive in other areas and not perceptive on how other people live and navigate through the world."
“I see it as logic,” Bruno objected.
“Your logic is illogical,” Fernando responded.
And his logic can also lead to other problems. During the episode, even Bruno’s wife expressed concern that Bruno was not trying hard enough to learn from the experience. She also implied that could lead to relationship problems if she grew as a person and he did not.
Bruno shared with both families a video he made prior to the shooting of the series. “I’m anxious to show it to them and see how they feel a bout it,” Bruno told the camera.
In his anti-rap "middle-age rap" Bruno says he, a middle-aged white man, does not demean women or go to prison. He even says he does not “mumble incoherently.” After it is shown, everyone critiques it.
“I think he did it thinking it would make us mad,” Renee said. “” I thought it was just ridiculous.”
“I don’t know if it was meant to get under my skin but it didn’t,” Brian said. “I told him before it is really offensive to me,” Rose said.
Even Carmen said she found the video’s tone “offensive.”
As he has on almost every episode Bruno expresses frustration – sounding at times almost like jealousy – that blacks can use the "N" word but whites can’t.
Carmen, though, got it. “We don’t have the right to use word and they do,” Carmen said.
Article comments
1 - The show is fake and uses actors!
You DO know that the show is fake, right?
Bruno is an actor, Rose is an actress who starred in some show called the "Movie Surfers" on Disney Channel, and she is NOT the daughter of Carmen.
I don't know why people would watch the show considering it's not real...
2 - Scott Butki
I'm not convinced that they are not a real family. Just because they have some acting roles doesn't mean this is all fake.
If you've seen reputable publications say otherwise I'm all ears.
3 - jeff
Not a rock solid reference, but check out Wikipedia's entry:
4 - Scott Butki
I didn't find anything about the show at that link.