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According to their love, this series, follows the romantic tale of a few unique races, Crosses, a youthful and dynamic member from the black ruling class, who experiences passionate feelings for Noughts, a part at the White underclass, who fall for each other, battling against the racial segregation they face.
Noughts + Crosses' existence feels apt at a time in which racist discourse is increasingly normalised in the shadow of Trump and Brexit. And is it bad to take pleasure in the hernias it will induce in certain right-wing, BBC-bashing commentators?
If this is meant to be a parable with the colours reversed, then it is a dishonest one, and a hypocritical one too - running the risk of stirring up the very prejudices it pretends to condemn.
Fans who grew up loving Malorie Blackman's books may find such trenchant revisions a surprise - but the drama that has been made from them is properly incendiary.
So far, it's sharply adapted and just subtle enough, and the guiltily shocked reaction of Sephy when she accidentally calls someone a "blanker" - the one word guaranteed to get Noughts' hackles up - still resonates.
True, it's not exactly subtle, but it makes you notice what, generally, you don't notice because you are white -- or at least, because I am white -- and it is extremely powerful.