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Black Girl in Boy Meets World BLACK GIRL IN BOY MEETS WORLD Trina Colette McGee, formerly known as Trina McGee-Davis, (born September 6, ) is an American actress best known for her portrayal of Angela Moore on the ABC-TV sitcom Boy Meets World. of color blindness for the world. In she reprised the role in one episode for the sequel series, Girl Meets World. I'm not painting a painful past of enslavement just to be a pest. Feeny 's class, but there are no interaction between the two seen on screen. This societal attitude isn't inadvertent. I guess I shouldn't take it personal. Enslaved women who were darker most likely worked in the fields, away from the home. I remember falling in love with Shawn, Cory, Eric, Topanga, and Angela over and over again as I watched reruns, and even a few years ago when I rewatched the show, I found myself impressed by it. Later on, Shawn falls in love with the girl who owns a purse, where he discovers by the contents of the purse that they have a lot in common. During her goodbyes to Topanga, Cory, Jack , Eric and Rachel , Angela and Shawn hug each other before she goes; though insisting that they should never say goodbye, Girl Meets World Angela appeared as a guest star in the Girl Meets World Season 2 episode, Girl Meets Hurricane , during which she reveals that her father has died, and she has been married for four years and is contemplating having children. Moore helps her realize that she won't because she is in love, therefore giving her the will to finally say 'I Love You' to Shawn. Although later we find out that Shawn actually still secretly has feelings for Angela, and also that she is still in love with him. Contents [ show ] Personality Angela was portrayed as practical, sentimental, intelligent and compassionate. It's certainly all right to have a preference. Shawn and Angela were perfect. Oh, and please do not interpret my words as some sort of slam against white individuals. In an effort to meet the girl of his dreams, he waits by the jukebox at Chubbie's for her to find her lost purse. Examine the love between Shawn and Angela, because that, was real. In attempt to counter his selfishness, Shawn asks him if he would still like him if he were to ask Angela to marry him. In Angela's Ashes before the series finale, Sgt. The writers, the actors—they trust in this love, and as the audience, we then choose to accept it, as well. In " Poetic License: An Ode to Holden Caulfield ", Shawn lies about the date he had written his poem for Angela, which was read by Cory once Shawn's leaves unable to go through with it to assure her that they were both still friends. Cory initially tells Shawn not to ask her to stay giving an example of him asking Topanga to not go to Yale to only tell Shawn later that he failed by not fighting for his woman and giving her a chance to go to Europe. In the next episode I Love You, Donna Karan we find out that Shawn and Angela have gone out for two weeks, and he has now ended the relationship due to his 2 week rule. We see at the end that the things contained in the bag actually belonged to Angela, which she borrowed from Beth. Boy Meets World was all about the power of love to keep people together through impossible circumstances. After uncomfortable laughter, Sgt. Shawn is heartbroken. Season 6 They break up and remain as friends during " Ain't College Great?.
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