There's nothing about her that's unrealistic to black people; she's just intended to be palatable to a white audience. She rings true as a character, which is a testament to the writing skills and Wiley's incredible performance. She's still designed to be sympathetic for an audience that is presumed to be white,…

She's a Christ-like figure, or you could say she's an Uncle Tom figure—a black character, packaged in a way to make her as sympathetic as possible for a non-black audience that the creator(s) assume is inclined to view black characters with indifference, suspicion or outright hostility. In the same way, Bayley is an…