--- description: black-ish is tackling the issue of voter suppression before the elction with the help of its newest cast member, Hamilton star Daveed Diggs. title: Watch Daveed Diggs Talk Voting on 'black-ish' image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt84a5e1453b2ee7fb/6988a8880a4a22380a9cb7d2/144272_0917.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch Daveed Diggs Talk Voting on _black-ish_  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Updated: Dec 13, 2023 6:19 PM CUTPublished: Oct 4, 2016 4:06 PM CUT  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Updated: Dec 13, 2023 6:19 PM CUTPublished: Oct 4, 2016 4:06 PM CUT ABC sitcom [_black-ish_ ](http://time.com/3419268/review-blackish/ "undefined")has earned critical acclaim for its nuanced discussion of political and social issues. Now, the show is tackling the election with the help of its newest cast member, _Hamilton_ star Daveed Diggs. Restrictive voting laws have become an [issue](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/30/us/federal-appeals-court-strikes-down-north-carolina-voter-id-provision.html "undefined") in this election, with courts finding that officials in states including North Carolina and Ohio are targeting African-American voters with new restrictions. In an exclusive clip from this week’s episode, airing Wednesday night, Rainbow (Tracee Ellis Ross) argues with several members of her family about the importance of voting. Rainbow’s father-in-law Pops (Laurence Fishburne) says he doesn’t bother voting because of voter suppression tactics, while Rainbow’s brother Johan (Diggs) argues that elections are rigged. “What’s wrong with you? We weren’t raised that way,” Rainbow asks of Johan. “We were raised to boycott non-hemp fibers and use leaches as band-aids, so that argument’s not great,” retorts Johan. Diggs joined the series for a six-episode arc, beginning on Sept. 28\. In a recent interview with TIME, the actor-rapper said that he always related to Rainbow because “there’s something particularly hippie, Bay Area about her upbringing.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4517174/hamiltons-daveed-diggs-blackish-voting/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4517174/hamiltons-daveed-diggs-blackish-voting/"},"headline":"Watch Daveed Diggs Talk Voting on black-ish","datePublished":"2016-10-04T16:06:42.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-13T18:19:49.000Z","description":"The Hamilton star is appearing on a 6-episode run of the ABC comedy","url":"https://time.com/4517174/hamiltons-daveed-diggs-blackish-voting/","keywords":["Television","American Voices"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt84a5e1453b2ee7fb/6988a8880a4a22380a9cb7d2/144272_0917.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliana Dockterman","jobTitle":"Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt84a5e1453b2ee7fb/6988a8880a4a22380a9cb7d2/144272_0917.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"DAVEED DIGGS, TRACEE ELLIS ROSS, LAURENCE FISHBURNE, MILES BROWN","caption":"DAVEED DIGGS, TRACEE ELLIS ROSS, LAURENCE FISHBURNE, MILES BROWN","creditText":"Eric McCandless—ABC","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4517174/hamiltons-daveed-diggs-blackish-voting/","name":"Watch Daveed Diggs Talk Voting on black-ish"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"This Video Is No Longer Available","description":"The Hamilton star is appearing on a 6-episode run of the ABC comedy","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/fKodeUO6/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2026-06-23T15:00:44.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/fKodeUO6.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4517174/hamiltons-daveed-diggs-blackish-voting/","duration":"PT10S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4517174/hamiltons-daveed-diggs-blackish-voting/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```