Cosby show Quote by India Arie

When 'The Cosby Show' came out, and everyone was up in arms about 'The Cosby Show' and that it was reflecting a world that…

— Gina Prince-Bythewood

When I was younger I didn't feel I was represented in popular culture - you couldn't get a brown doll in the shops and…

— Mandip Gill

The only black folks in town when I was growing up were me and my cousins and one other family.

— Courtney A. Kemp

I was raised in a black household and grew up with black homies.

— Logic

I think, as a kid, turning on the television and seeing that everyone seemed to be wealthy and white made me feel like an…

— Jacqueline Woodson

Growing up, I didn't just watch 'The Cosby Show.' I watched 'Growing Pains' and 'Family Ties,' too.

— Lena Waithe

I grew up watching shows like 'Martin' and 'Fresh Prince' and 'Moesha,' and I was inspired by all these shows. When I was growing…

— Jermaine Fowler

In Sacramento, my brown was not halfway between black and white. On the leafy streets, on the east side of town, where my family…

— Richard Rodriguez

When I was in college, I lived in a mostly black, poor neighborhood. That's where I grew up, but I attended a mostly white…

— Angie Thomas

I was relatively isolated from people of color. My parents are too old to be Baby Boomers; they had me later in life. So…

— Jess Row

In college, I didn't know whether to hang out with the black kids or the white kids, and then I found the theatre kids,…

— Courtney A. Kemp

Growing up on our estate, we were all different colours, but we were all really poor. I never really realised that black was a…

— Michaela Coel