Of all the 'Black-ish' characters, Zoey is most like my daughter, who goes to U.S.C. — 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
We're supposed to be becoming more evolved as a society, and we're actually becoming less evolved. — Kenya Barris Copy Share
I consider myself a disciple of Norman Lear. And one of the things he did was topic-driven humor. — Kenya Barris Copy Share
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
For me, one of the big things I really worried about a lot was nuclear war growing up. — Kenya Barris Copy Share
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
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
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
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
ABC has a general policy that you can't show images of the World Trade Center on Sept. 11. — Kenya Barris Copy Share
As much as we want to say racism is dead, it's still rearing its ugly head constantly. — Kenya Barris Copy Share
Everybody - every single person - has a story. Find yours and tell it in your voice. — Kenya Barris Copy Share
