Regina Hall and Tami Roman also star in Romany Malco's serious-minded satire 'Tijuana Jackson: Purpose Over Prison,' releasing online.
But there’s a method to Malco’s madness: Jackson uses humor to discuss contemporary issues like systemic racism and the mass incarceration of communities of color. “I initially started this character as a means of educating poor people in a way that I wasn’t educated when I was growing up,” Malco said. “No one had ever come to me and explained to me the importance of personal finance ... I was not taught the etiquette of pursuing investors.
The research process starts with my life. Growing up as a kid, I always had friends that I knew who had a friend or a family member who had just gotten out of prison. A lot of us don’t realize it, but the system isn’t the only thing that ostracizes you once you’ve become a felon. The family and the community tend to ostracize you as well. Through that, I learned a lot. I learned to develop an empathy for what these brothers were going through.
One of the things that’s probably most important is that America has finally awakened to the fact that there are major racial disparities within our judicial system. The truth of the matter is that up until now, it seemed as though Black voices were not enough. And so having our white counterparts and antiracists of all other different nationalities chiming in seems to resonate on a global scale. People can no longer be quiet about it.
What I mean by “gateway” is that Tijuana Jackson is going to help people actually take ownership and identify with where they disassociate. Help people identify the connection. I think it’s important for us to understand that in the depiction of inmates, what we don’t realize is if you haven’t lived in communities where... your connection to law enforcement is like what the television and Hollywood shows you. That’s a very different interpretation of what life is like in America. You’re experiencing a different America.
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