Most people dream a lifetime in hopes of having the opportunity to exhibit their greatest frustrations while also gaining a profit. Surprisingly, one woman discovered the essential key to doing such a thing. After a much anticipated wait, a new profound web series awoke from the shadows and captured the hearts of thousands of African American women.

Issa Rae’s web series began with the simple fact of a need for a platform to display a desensitized play by play of publicly displayed misfortunes. On her team, Issa carries a full independent production company full of videographers, editors and promoters to carry out her overall message - to instruct and inform public audiences, both African American and others, about everyday struggles with being stereotyped.

“The Mis-Adventures of Awkward Black Girl” is an American comedy web series created by and starring Issa Rae as J. The series was founded on YouTube on February 3, 2011, where it immediately accumulated over 10,000 subscribers over the course of a year. Producers, although wary of creating a show that points to a limited demographic, were hopeful that their choice to take on such a controversial issue would give viewers the ability to scream to the heavens and say “finally a show where the black woman does not need to be the empowered black girl that strives to be the loudest and boldest chick” would be worth it. Mischaracterization plays a major part in this. Often times black women are limited to viewing only a certain "black" attitude on camera - whether it is the angry black girl or the classy, but also nasty real housewife.

Issa Rae’s long awaited HBO series recently gained traction with millions of viewers; however, she has been quietly working to change the industry from the ground up. Rae wanted to tell her story on camera as if it had occurred in her real life moments prior to the green light shifting on the stage camera.

Essentially, Issa Rae's "The Mis-adventures of Angry Black Girl" pushes the boundaries while distinctly separating blatant ignorance and pure racism.

Viewers of all backgrounds are gaining an upfront viewing of what an African American pre-teen, teen, or woman goes through on a daily basis within American society. Seeing these type of scenarios acted out for an entire population to see is beneficial for the growth of society and understanding different cultures. It is the hope of some African American women as well as the production team that it builds a bridge between subsiding cultures. Through this show, producers have created a platform to artistically display a conversation that is often thrown on the back burner of important things to talk about.

So a big thank you goes out to Issa and her team. Thank you for a show that makes me feel like I am not the only one.