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Amazing news all around. Much prefer the new title and the logo looks great

Tamara Tunie is a legend, great to have her back in Daytime. That period of B&B where Karla Mosley and the Avant family became mainstays was the last time the show was must watch tv for me so glad to see her in a lead role. Daphnee Duplaix has been my baby since that one episode of Angel back in the day. Both Passions and OLTL did her dirty if you ask me, this sounds like a perfect role for her.

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Not to stir up anything but I do think @Darn’s concerns are valid. We do need a diversity of skin tones, hair textures, etc if this is going to be a good representation of even a family. Colorism is a real issue (even KSJ spoke in somewhat scathing terms of Y&R’s issues with colorism.

In addition to TT, I also said that I want TP and LL and LR because all are talented (TP is also a singing powerhouse), experienced in the daytime soap world and telegenic. We do need to see the skin tone spectrum represented and to avoid those mistakes borne of pathology that have been committed on soaps of the previous generations.

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Anita is definitely Betty based on the description of "Patrick." If the Jacksons were the core family described previously, then yes, Dupree is their new family name.

Name changes happen for a lot of reasons, including the retitling of the show's name, but I have a few suspicions about why they changed it from Jackson.

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It is valid. I agree. My earlier response was not meant in any way to invalidate that.

My earlier reply was only meant to say that Black comes in all varieties and that at least in the case of Karla, she's as Black as me. I am far from "light skin." The light-skinned people I've seen heavily used on TV typically are those who are either mixed race or very similar. I expect with additional casting announcements, we'll even see some darker skin compared to the ladies, but overall, Black is still Black. 

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Right. Didn't catch that one before.

So, "Jessica" (now Nicole) and "Sam" have a daughter named "Allison":

“Allison” is described as Black, female and in her mid- to late 20s. She’s the miracle baby that Jessica and Sam never thought they’d have. Not surprisingly, Allison has been indulged all her life. She’s spoiled, as a result. She can be dismissive towards those she considers beneath her. Confident and secure, Allison doesn’t like sharing. However, all that may change in the near future…

https://www.tvinsider.com/1151054/the-gates-new-characters-descriptions-cbs/

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