Able Quote by Issa Rae

I would love 'Awkward Black Girl' to be on television, with the right team of people who understand and get it. If 'Awkward Black…

— Issa Rae

In reality, black women, women of color, are powerful, bold, dynamic, and self-assured, so there's no reason their TV counterparts shouldn't be as such.

— Cheo Hodari Coker

The black characters on TV are the sidekicks, or they're insignificant. You could put all the black sidekicks on one show, and it would…

— Issa Rae

Some people in America don't ever interact with black people outside of television, so we should give them real, believable characters.

— Mike Colter

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

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 do think it's important for black writers to show that we too can make it into the mainstream. Growing up, I didn't just…

— Lena Waithe

When I watch a show, and it's only six white dudes that are the leads, and I'm just supposed to be interested and relate…

— Jaz Sinclair

Talk to any black person in my age group, and they'll say 'A Different World' is why they went to college. The show literally…

— Lena Waithe

The thing that disturbs me the most, being in England, is that on the screen we don't see very many of us - there…

— Cynthia Erivo

I find it weird when [model] agents say, 'You're the only black girl booked for the show. Isn't it great?' Why is it great?

— Jourdan Dunn

If you put on a lousy production with white actors, it's lousy. There is a problem, or can be, at this stage of our…

— Howard Schultz