Quote by Don Cornelius

Black people watch more television than anybody else, which makes it legitimate to talk about television. Its anesthetizing effect has been quite real. But…

— Michael Eric Dyson

The way Hollywood and TV is, black people don't have any choice but to see ourselves in white-dominated television shows and stories and movies.

— Justin Simien

“Television isn't black and white anymore, and neither are people”

— William Todd

I think that for the most part, black people specifically have sort of been used as props in TV shows as a way to…

— Lena Waithe

I had a burning desire to see black people presented on television in a positive light.

— Don Cornelius

Unfortunately, in television today there are very few African-American characters who are human beings. They are typically two-dimensional stereotypes, cookie-cutter types.

— Andre Braugher

It would be ridiculous for me to say anything negative regarding blacks having an equal opportunity on TV.

— Flip Wilson

The truth of the matter is, there were shows that depicted black characters that were on in the '90s, and they gave everybody a…

— Logan Browning

During all the years I entertained at the Baby Grand night club in Harlem, 90 percent of the audience was white. But when I…

— Nipsey Russell

One of the reasons that the African American actors wanted to be a part of the show was because these people are talking to…

— Tony Goldwyn

I guess probably in my time in politics, it continued to be affirmed to me that the African-American community, despite being subscription television's most…

— J. C. Watts

I can tell you from personal experience it gets a little tiring having to make the rounds on cable shows to explain 'what's up…

— John Ridley