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When Christine Platt set out on her journey to live with less, she never intended to become The Afrominimalist. She just wanted to tame the chaos in her closet! But after struggling with the austerity and whiteness of mainstream minimalism, Christine realized why minimalism often seems unattainable for so many: the emphasis on all-white, barren aesthetics distracts from the practice of living with intention. And so, she decided to do things her way by curating a life of less influenced by the African diaspora.

De’Andrea Whitman, her husband Malik, and their five-year-old daughter, Nina, are new to the upper-crust white suburb of Rolling Hills, Virginia—a move motivated by circumstance rather than choice. De’Andrea is heartbroken to leave her comfortable life in the Black oasis of Atlanta, and between her mother-in-law’s Alzheimer's diagnosis, her daughter starting kindergarten, and the overwhelming whiteness of Rolling Hills, she finds herself struggling to adjust to her new community. To ease the transition, her therapist proposes a challenge: make a white girlfriend.

Frankie and her friends get the scoop! Frankie wants to be just like her mama and namesake, Franklynn McKnight—an award-winning journalist. But sometimes, sharing her famous mama with the world is hard. Frankie, her teenage sister, Raven, and Papa all miss Mama when she leaves on assignment. Until Frankie has a great idea: with a little assistance from her closest friends—her doll Farrah, Robert the toy robot, and her cat, Nina Simone—she can make her own news show! And when she hears someone crying in the house, Frankie knows it’s the breaking news she needs to cover.