Well, this is why I often use the language "some black women" or "there are black women" or "a lot of black chicks", blah, blah, blah....but I try never to use the words "all black women."
That being said I'm not going to be foolish to think there won't be " a bunch of black ladies" who WILL object to Tyrone/Tandy/Tyrandy going forward. You see a lot of those who will inevitably fall in line and take Evita's side simply haven't gotten around to watching the show. They probably look at previews and advertising and see that it is about this black dude and this blonde white chick and decided the show isn't for them. But curiosity or word-of-mouth may get them to check it out and many of those late arrivals will be Team Evita all the way. Just watch.
My issue with Evita is that she is boring largely because she doesn't have personal flaws. Woke Hollywood can't give a black girlfriend such negative traits. Because of this she isn't all that interesting other than the reveal of her being able to block Tandy. She has no history with Tyrone, no shared key growth, no ties (like Billy's hoodie). She never existed in the comic books. And the actress playing her doesn't have that once-in-a-lifetime like chemistry as Aubrey and Olivia have. The sooner she is out of the picture the better as far as I'm concerned.
A small part of me worries about Evita causing the writers to sabotage their own plans. A black male isn't allowed a clean break from any black women he attaches himself to emotionally or romantically if the other option is a non-black woman. And often times fans of all races start cherishing a dull relationship between the black guy and the black woman as if they are blind to his having more interesting chemistry with the non-black lady. The Luke cage, Jessica, Claire thing is a perfect example. Th fact that people actually care/cared for Luke's snorefest hookup with Claire astounds me. Then there are even worse bullshit situations like what is going on on "Power" with Tasha dictating the terms of how Ghost and Angela may move forward with their relationships, telling them both individually that they love one another even though that should be for Ghost and Angela to discover for themselves. Instead we have Tasha being put into scenes like an audience stand-in, an audience surrogate berating Ghost and Angela and their past together. It seems to ruin whatever may come next between Ghost and Angela.
I don't want anything getting in the way of Tyrone and Tandy. And while the odds may be against that happening the odds nonetheless increased as soon as they gave Tyrone a black girlfriend. All it takes is one scene in which black women (or black folks in general) interpret that Evita has been disrespected as a possible romantic option for Tyrone. If that happens expect a bump in the amount of folks who will go on a campaign to champion Evita and claim that any consideration of Tyrone ending up with Tandy as being "problematic". Following that they will throw Tyrone under a bus too if they think its clear that he and Tandy are to be paired and the next thing they will do is demand more time for Evita and for her getting a love interest of her own, as if the show is equally about her. Soon afterwords their suckups in the media, blogs, etc, will agree with every word and start extolling the virtues of Evita as well as write some bullshit about Hollywood not valuing black women as love interests. This sis why I wish Tyrone's non-Tandy girlfriend would have been white too or at least not black. but I guess by going down that voodoo storyline TPTB had no choice on that front. seriously though what does Tyrone and Evita share in common other than both being black?
