If you're a black person in America, it's really hard to avoid being black. And what I mean is that the reality… — Cheo Hodari Coker Copy Share Image
The only thing police patrol cops - in certain situations - are expert at is spotting anomalies. When you are a black… — Cheo Hodari Coker Copy Share Image
When you're dealing with African Americans, family is everything. Because we spend so much time talking about how one treats one's family.… — Cheo Hodari Coker Copy Share Image
My mom and dad met at U. Conn., and their lives couldn't have been more different in terms of their upbringing. — Cheo Hodari Coker Copy Share Image
I mean, we should only be talking about the merits of film ["Moonlight"] because one of the great things about the visual language is… — Cheo Hodari Coker Copy Share Image
Harlem has always been the nexus of music, politics, culture, criminal figures. — Cheo Hodari Coker Copy Share Image
When you're a black superhero, you can't erase the notion that you're black. If you're black, living in the community, and you want to… — Cheo Hodari Coker Copy Share Image
I always respected Luke Cage and thought that he was interesting, and I really liked what Brian Michael Bendis did in his update of… — Cheo Hodari Coker Copy Share Image
Hip hop fans are obsessed, and they're geeks about hip hop. Comic book fans are also geeks, and when you can meld the two,… — Cheo Hodari Coker Copy Share Image
I wanted Season 2 of Luke Cage to be Ice Cube's 'Death Certificate,' or Fugees' 'The Score,' or Public Enemy's 'It Takes a Nation… — Cheo Hodari Coker Copy Share Image
I wanted Luke Cage to very much be an African American superhero rather than a superhero that happens to be black. I felt it… — Cheo Hodari Coker Copy Share Image
The thing that all police officers decide when they wake up in the morning is that they're going home. — Cheo Hodari Coker Copy Share Image
It's important to for your kids to see themselves in their superheroes. Really, it's important for all of us. — Cheo Hodari Coker Copy Share Image
The Caribbean is such a rich place, and Jamaica, personally, is one of my favorite places in the world. I've been lucky to, on… — Cheo Hodari Coker Copy Share Image
75%-90% of the murders that occur in black and Latino communities are solvable. Everybody knows who did it or somebody knows. The reason nobody… — Cheo Hodari Coker Copy Share Image
