For My Man

"For my man" is an interesting show that has a revisionist history slant to it. Every episode consists of a woman who had absolutely NO idea that she was involved with a supervillain until she got arrested with him. She didn't notice the drugs, she didn't notice the guns, she didn't notice ALL of his assorted crimes, which usually include murder. She didn't notice ANYTHING! It really strains credibility and it's quite insulting to victims of crime.

I enjoy this show a lot actually. However I noticed every episode is of african american couples. I think i saw one episode where the women was a minority asian woman and the man was still black. To me this seems exploitative of the issues black women face in relationships. Most the black men are shown as drug dealers etc Just seems odd there isn't a single white couple, yet the cops and detectives are all white.

However this show is all (based) on true stories. The best part is it has many family members and sometimes the criminals themself (if they didn't get life in jail)

Another issue i have with this show is it doesn't memorialize the victims who are real life victims that died in these stories. It will just say something like "he was a nice guy" and then go back to blaming the black man for everything.