Candace’s friend Bethany knows how to keep the peace amongst theFloribama Shorecast.
“You settled for the Black girl because you couldn’t get Aimee,” she tells him in reference to herself, as he begins to protest.
“That’s not a settlement, though,” Bethany interjects, adding in a confessional, “Girl, why it matter about Codi wanting to date you? You don’t want him. You never wanted him!”
Codi, meanwhile, is at a loss for words. “I don’t understand how else I can explain myself,” he says.
“What she’s saying is that from her perspective as a Black woman, it’s more difficult,” Bethany says, beginning to speak for Candace. “Black women don’t get the privilege of preference like Black men.”
“We don’t!” Candace exclaims. “It’s automatically: If you want me, I should want you back.”
“Y’all need to, kind of, sometimes handle Candace with gloves that are a little bit softer, because as a Black woman, we’re fighting sexism and racism,” Bethany tells the group. “No one else is going to understand that. [Kirk, as a Black man] is only fighting racism. [Aimee, as a white woman] is only fighting sexism. Y’all [Gus, Codi and Jeremiah] are white men — y’all are at the top of the totem pole.”
“When it comes to stress or heartache or anything, [Candace is] in the worst predicament as far as society,” she adds.
“I do understand where Candace is coming from now, especially [with] the way that Bethany explained it to me,” notes Jeremiah. “The fact of the matter is that Candace has a hard time expressing her feelings. She usually is the tough girl when you ask her what’s wrong — ‘No, I’m good.’ At this point, I feel like we cracked through that a little bit and she was finally able to open up.”
Floribama Shoredebuted in 2017. The cast includes Aimee Hall, Candace Rice, Codi Butts, Gus Smyrnios, Jeremiah Buoni, Kirk Medas andNilsa Prowant.
This season follows Jeremiah, Codi, Aimee, Kirk, Nilsa, Candace and Gus as they return to their Southern roots, prepare forlife-changing events, and try to repair fractured friendships.
source: people.com
