10 Shows That Helped Me Come Into My Own Blackness

Growing up without a father figure, One on One was both endearing and sometimes hard to watch. The close relationship between Flex Alexander and Kyla Pratt's characters showed me the healthy Black father daughter relationship that I never really saw around me. But it helped me break the stigma that those relationships couldn't exist. The show was the right amount of heartfelt and funny all topped off with a catchy theme song that made me want to learn how to play Basketball.