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How to Get Away WIth Murder has some pretty interesting ideas on race in America. In the March 1 episode Lahey v. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Annalise Keating (Viola Davis) is headed to the Supreme Court with a big class-action judicial reform case alleging inadequate public representation for black and underprivileged defendants. Being a Shonda Rhimes show, this was an excuse for race-baiting comments.
In her opening arguments, Annalise introduces race-based arguments, and some of the justices don t want to allow it. She quickly has one of the lawyers on her team pull some more information and gets ready for a rebuttal. It ends up being a leftist s dream speech.