Had the riot in fact operated from a “post-racial” perspective, the entire prison population would have backed Taystee on her demand for Bayley’s prosecution, because when a person loses their liberty and dignity, it should affect us all.
There’s a reason why Taystee and Janae (Vicky Jeudy) believe this aspect of the riot to be their personal fight, and the (predominantly) white resistance to the riot proves their point. Those who chose to sit under the blues skies of Litchfield´s prison lawns had their voice in the demands, but they did not actually partake in the intricacies of the fight, particularly where justice for Poussey was concerned. Ultimately, only those who joined the peaceful resistance avoided getting caught up in their rage, and while their choice to remain on the sidelines could benefit them in terms of a milder punishment as the riot comes to end, what does it say about the “post-racial” stance the ladies have supposedly adopted for this movement? Taystee allowed the grey clouds of anger and grief to form a storm front, and she could no longer hear reason over the thundering pain in her heart Red (Kate Mulgrew) let the grey clouds carry her away on an ill-conceived warpath she knew she would never win.
She probably doesn’t realize it at the time-seeing as she’s just awoken from a deep, Lithium-fed slumber-but the comforting words Suzanne (Uzo Aduba) offers Taystee (Danielle Brook) pretty much sum up everything that went wrong for the ladies of Litchfield in Season Five. It’s just covered with grey clouds passing by. It’s like… the sky is blue, right? But when there are clouds, you think it’s grey. “You think your feelings are real, but they’re not.
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