

Black. White.
Black. White. was a reality television show on FX. It premiered on Wednesday March 8, 2006 at 10 p.m. Eastern. The series followed two families of three, one white, and the other black. Through studio-quality make-up, the two families—the Wurgels and the Sparks—traded races and experienced what life is like in the other family's shoes. The show was produced and created by Ice Cube, R. J. Cutler and the show's theme song was "Race Card", performed by Ice Cube and produced by Warren G. The series had six episodes.
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Seasons
- Ep 1
1.Episode 1
08-03-200660mWhite dad Bruno suggests that black people nowadays are discriminated against mostly because they ""expect"" to be, an opinion that greatly annoys black dad Brian. As the families...
- Ep 2
2.Episode 2
15-03-200660mWhite mom Carmen makes comments that annoy black mom Renee while they are working with a dialogue coach to learn each other's lingo. Brian in his white makeup gets a job bartendin...
- Ep 3
3.Episode 3
22-03-200660mWhite Carmen's praise of a ""beautiful black creature"" leads black mom Renee to conclude that she is a racist even though she means well. Then Carmen and Bruno encounter racism w...
- Ep 4
4.Episode 4
29-03-200660mRose, in her black makeup, is surprised at how many references are made to race as she accompanies a black friend from poetry class, but she and her mom are even more surprised at...
- Ep 5
5.Episode 5
05-04-200660mRose has developed a crush on an accomplished black rapper in her poetry class. Tensions mount between the families, as the attitudes of white Carmen and Bruno continue to offend b...
- Ep 6
6.Episode 6
12-04-200660mAs the experiment draws to a close, the two families think back over the past six weeks and try to draw conclusions about what they have learned in the area of race relations.
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