On paper, Grand Army is set up to be one of Netflix’s biggest diversity-focused projects of the year.
Expect more drama both on and off the screen from Grand Army.
Not only was the trailer widely criticized online for only using its minority characters for “poverty porn,” but several writers of color went public over quitting the show due to alleged racist exploitation and abusive behavior.
The teen-skewing drama centers on five students attending the largest public high school in Brooklyn, and digs into the respective and shared struggles that are often inherent with being born as a minority in the U.S. But only time will tell how powerful this project might be, since it has already faced some backlashing.