The only thing that came from this episode was that Danny and Derek were split. I like that they split actually cause it shows young black kids that you don’t have to stay friends with racist people, which may seem like basic knowledge but there’s definitely people who need to see that message. Other than that this episode was garbage. You’d think with the two of them split they’d be less annoying but it’s more like Derek just absorbed Danny’s annoying parts and become worse.
The fact that Derek does this to his only black friend, only friend in general, is bananas to me. There’s no teachable moment after it either, it’s just him being a creepy loser and then Danny forgiving him because Derek is his only friend too !!! This could have been an empowering ‘That’s so raven’ moment where they call out the racist shopkeeper and Derek’s clear small white kid superiority complex, but no. We just get panties and blue balls to the discussion of putting racism in its place.
Silver lining; Danny slowly stopped being friends with Derek and became friends with Sav, Peter, and Spinner. Then STUDZ was formed. Greatest Degrassi band of all time.