I've been on predominantly 'white' shows before, and I had also been on predominantly 'black' shows. I would complain that when I was on a white show, they would only hire me because there was a black character or they… — Kenya Barris Copy Share Image
I've found that the more honest and true you are and can talk about a character and people's experiences, it's less ostracizing. It actually has the opposite effect than one would think. It makes the characters and the story more… — Kenya Barris Copy Share Image
I wanted to do a show about a family that is absolutely black. Because as Du Bois has shown, we do have to live… — Kenya Barris Copy Share Image
We're supposed to be becoming more evolved as a society, and we're actually becoming less evolved. — Kenya Barris Copy Share Image
I consider myself a disciple of Norman Lear. And one of the things he did was topic-driven humor. — Kenya Barris Copy Share Image
And I feel like, as a black man within black culture, I know very well firsthand - as do my parents and my grandparents… — Kenya Barris Copy Share Image
For me, one of the big things I really worried about a lot was nuclear war growing up. — Kenya Barris Copy Share Image
I have five kids, and people can say 'nature versus nurture,' but it is nature! Nurture has so little to do with it. I… — Kenya Barris Copy Share Image
The acknowledgement and celebration of Juneteenth as an American and possibly international holiday is something that I would put in the life goals column… — Kenya Barris Copy Share Image
My kids did not know that Obama was the first black president. I felt like I needed to tell them because I felt like,… — Kenya Barris Copy Share Image
Writers' rooms are terrifying. You take someone whose never done this before, and this is their life's dream that is about to happen or… — Kenya Barris Copy Share Image
