The series premiered on March 8, 2006 and supposedly documented two voluntary families of three, one white, and the other black, in which through studio-quality make-up, the two families would give off a facade appearance, of portraying a race that isn't their own, for social experiment purposes. The Caucasian, "Wurgel" family, were not a legitimate family, and they were all actors. The show was produced and created by Ice Cube and R. J. Cutler.