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As the editor and chief writer of “The Sacred Arts of Haitian Vodou,” he’s worked on a number of shows as a consultant to help create characters that dabble in the complicated religion, most recently on Marvel’s “Cloak & Dagger.” Historically speaking, today’s representations are a continuation of the stereotypical black characters: Zip Coon and Jim Crow, according to UCLA’s Professor of Culture and Performance Donald Cosentino. “It’s almost like Black women have to give up their power no matter what,” Makhosi says. Black witches have a tendency to fall into two categories - supportive friends to the more powerful and popular protagonist or a witch with some malevolent quality. The characters are either expected to rise above racist microaggressions and attacks or demonized for seeking retribution. Nevertheless - even in fictional stories - Hollywood’s minority witch characters are unable to escape the grasp of racism and its many branches. While it’s hoodoo that traps the main character Marquis Woods ( Omari Hardwick) in a centuries-old attic of a witch (played by Loretta Devine), the hoodoo lessons he learned from his father as a child help save him and his family. One film that serves as a slight reprieve from the racist storylines is Paramount Pictures’ “Spell.” Featuring a predominantly Black cast, the thriller still showcases Black witchcraft but without demonizing hoodoo as a whole. Sabrina got to have her fun carefree I want the same for a black witch with her own story line and family, it's time

We deserve a series about black witches but without the intense racist elements to overshadow the curiosity and excitement around magic and African spirituality. Even the CW’s “Charmed” reboot, which now follows the story of three Latinx sisters, falls short of the progressive light it aimed for, as Macy Vaughn (Madeleine Mantock) becomes an evil witch. She cites multiple examples - “Chilling Adventures of Sabrina’s” Rosalind Walker, “The Vampire Diaries’” Bonnie Bennett, “ American Horror Story: Coven’s” Voodoo Queen Marie Laveau and Queenie - all of whom were left without a happy ending or whose storyline was wrought with racist plot lines. When speaking specifically about Black witches being shown alongside white counterparts, Makhosi doesn’t mince words when she echoes a decades-long critique: Black witches are usually shown with evil tendencies and rarely get happy endings. I wish there were more involvement from Black witches in the creation of these shows.”

I wish they would show the doctors, the teachers, the preachers. “The are always a lone wolf, plotting somewhere in silence.

“I would like to see more community” she tells Variety.