Awkward Black Girl/Characters

J
"Played by: Issa Rae"

"Fred: This weather is crazy, isn't it?
 * Adorkable
 * Black and Nerdy
 * Cool Loser
 * Deadpan Snarker
 * Deadpan Snarker

J: Yeah, LA is always sunny. It's so unpredictable."


 * Important Haircut: In the first episode.
 * Imagine Spot: Has these often.
 * One Letter Name
 * Sassy Black Woman: Her very heavy aversion of this trope is the main point of the show.
 * Socially Awkward Hero: Duh.
 * Unreliable Narrator: Tends to exaggerate some characteristics of her workmates.
 * Unreliable Narrator: Tends to exaggerate some characteristics of her workmates.

Fred
"Played by: Madison T. Shockley III"


 * : With J as of the Season 1 finale.
 * Designated Love Interest
 * Love At First Sight: J fell for him the first time she saw him.
 * Master of the Mixed Message
 * Translator Buddy: For Darius
 * Translator Buddy: For Darius
 * Translator Buddy: For Darius

White Jay
"Played by: Lyman Johnson"


 * Adorkable
 * Nice Guy
 * Romantic False Lead: Started out as his. Has become a more developed character since then.
 * Token White
 * Romantic False Lead: Started out as his. Has become a more developed character since then.
 * Token White
 * Token White

CeCe
"Played by: Sujata Day"


 * A Friend in Need
 * Adorkable
 * Ambiguously Brown:
 * Covert Pervert
 * Genki Girl
 * Hidden Depths: She was sent to Racial Sensitivity Training in the past. She also has a degree in psychology.
 * Mistaken Nationality: Frequently mistaken for Middle-Eastern or Latina, the latter of which she sometimes tries to use on black guys because she thinks it might entice them. For the most part, it just creeps them out.
 * Naughty By Night: Her favorite holiday is International Fetish Day.

Nina
"Played by: Tracy Oliver"


 * Alpha Bitch
 * The Rival

A
"Played by: Andrew Allan James"


 * Black and Nerdy
 * Extraverted Nerd
 * Eyes Always Shut
 * Hopeless Suitor: To J.
 * One Letter Name
 * Prince Charming Wannabe

Darius "Baby Voice"
"Played by: Tristen Winger"


 * He Who Must Not Be Heard
 * The Unintelligible
 * Silent Snarker
 * The Quiet One

Patti
"Played by: Kiki Harris"


 * The Cat Came Back
 * Paper Thin Disguise

Amir
"Played by: Fahad"


 * Ambiguously Brown:
 * Jerkass
 * Mistaken Ethnicity: Uses it to his advantage.
 * N Word Privileges: Gets away with it since no one can figure what he actually is.
 * Unfortunate Implications: Invoked. Nearly everything he says is racially offensive, regardless of what race it is.

Boss Lady
"Played by: Hanna"


 * The Ditz / Dumb Blonde
 * Pointy Haired Boss
 * Pretty Fly For a White Boss Lady
 * Token White