Why do tv show empire represent society and class

I haven't watched Empire, but I have heard it tackles racism towards African Americans, and other races in society.

Explanation:

The TV show empire represents different levels of society and class by showcasing the main character Lucious Lyon’s rise from living in poverty and working as a drug dealer in the ghetto neighborhoods early in his life, and then later becoming a successful musician and raising himself up to a higher level of class in society. In the later stages of his life, he becomes a music producer who runs a huge company that manages the careers of other musicians and he elevates himself even more into the highest classes of society and lives in a huge mansion and enjoys the finest things in life at the top of society. At that stage, he starts to help out struggling musicians who are often in lower classes of society like he was at the beginning of his own life.

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