Alicia and Ben are an interracial married couple who are colorblind with each other. Then in the wake of the George Floyd killing and Black Lives Matter protests against racial injustice and systemic police brutality toward blacks, she for the first time sees her husband through the prism of color.
Alicia’s parents, James and Mary, disowned her when she married Ben. The rise of the Black Lives Matters movement has increased their hatred of whites and they reach out to Alicia, offering to restore her to their will if she divorces Ben. Alicia considers their offer because her increasing racial consciousness has her feeling disenfranchised from her heritage. Torn between her roots and her husband, Alicia is straddling a racial divide and it is tearing her apart.
Her increased identification with her race and culture has her struggling with her interracial relationship. Her husband is supportive of her racial evolution but her internal stress leads to them having conversations about race and defunding the police. Ben stresses that interracial marriages can help bridge the racial divide in America.
Alicia becomes more militant in her black consciousness after her brother is stopped by a white cop for simply jogging at night in his own upscale neighborhood. She becomes hostile toward her husband, who suggests a trial separation so they can date people of the same color for a month and see if they want to move on or reconcile. Ben dates a blatant bigot named Betty Cracker whose grandfather and father were in the Ku Klux Klan. Alicia dates a 1960’s Black Panther wannabe named King Black who eats cereal with chocolate milk because he hates whites.
After a month, Ben emphatically chooses to return to Alicia while she says she chooses her new boyfriend. But she is messing with him and then rushes into his arms. During their trial separation they realize how much they love each other and are perfect for one another regardless of race.
But they have a final hurdle to clear. They want Alicia to have Ben and her parents in her life. So they invite them to dinner, duping them into thinking that Ben won’t be there and Alicia will seek a divorce. They have a frank conversation about race that becomes even more intense when Betty and King, who now are a couple after being introduced by Alicia and Ben, show up. Betty and King are avowed racists who show Alicia’s parents that even bigots can put aside their prejudices and become colorblind when they fall in love with the right person. Alicia’s parents agree to get to know Ben and if he passes the audition, they will approve of their daughter’s marriage.
As time passes James and Mary become fond of Ben as they see how good he is to their daughter. Even the breakup of King and Betty doesn’t shake her parents’ new tolerance. All four become even happier when Alicia becomes pregnant. But then she suffers a miscarriage after a white cop tackles her when a Black Lives Matter protest gets out of hand. James and Mary do a quick about-face and resume hating all whites, including Ben. They demand once again that Alicia leave him. While her parents fume about whites, Ben is there to comfort Alicia in her grief and their bond grows even stronger.
In a final showdown, James and Mary show up at Alicia and Ben’s, demanding she leave at once. They bring King along to neutralize Ben should he object. King lunges at Ben after Alicia refuses to leave. But Ben, a former professional kickboxer, quickly dispatches King. After Alicia points out the utter absurdity off what has just transpired, James and Mary agree to rethink their position – even more so when King reveals he has reconciled with Betty.
