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What do This Is Us, Here and Now and The Fosters have in common?
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They all revolve around cross-racial adoption, says Emily Nussbaum. "On Here and Now and This Is Us, cross-racial adoption feels suspiciously like a structural shortcut to a diverse cast," she says. "Not so on The Fosters, where the relationships are less stylized, more lived in, with funk and warmth and looseness that feel like real life, capturing the bickering bonds among parents and teens."
TOPICS: Diversity, Freeform, HBO, NBC, The Fosters, Here and Now, This Is Us
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