I wanted to do a show about a family that is absolutely black. Because as Du Bois has shown, we do have… — Kenya Barris Copy Share Image
I tried to do Kwanzaa with my family and was like, 'This sucks. What am I doing this for?' For me, I… — Kenya Barris Copy Share Image
I really want to do what 'Veep' did. 'Veep,' in a very comical way, gave us a look inside the political machine,… — Kenya Barris Copy Share Image
I set out to tell my story, which is based on my family. Dr. Cosby told his story in 'The Cosby Show.'… — Kenya Barris Copy Share Image
When I was growing up, I never saw couples fight on the family sitcoms I loved to watch. Subsequently, when tough times… — Kenya Barris Copy Share Image
Whenever you put a family together, they may share some points of views and morals, but there are going to be differences. — 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
