Hulu's The Other Black Girl kicks off with an uncomfortable scenario familiar to many who have experienced the tension of being the only Black person working in a mostly-white office — otherwise known as Working While Black. But when Nella decides to confront a problematic white author about a character in his new novel named Shartricia – the book's only Black character, who has a child by a man she doesn't know and zero friends who aren't struggling with substance abuse issues – Hazel does not have her work sister's back.