Just cringey. I know the filming occurred in 2020 probably so they wanted to capitalize on social discord but watching it in 2022 just comes off as cringey.
Heavy handed political nonsense ruins the escapism people seek when attempting to watch it.
I'm 100% sure Jessie Smollett wrote one of these scenes. Which having it be so forceful in the storyline makes it come off as masturbatory to a sense of martyrdom.