Always Quote by Justin Simien

I think 'Dear White People,' the show, is a tremendous artistic achievement. It's always hinting that there is something beyond the pleading and wokeness,…

— Ta-Nehisi Coates

I've always thought that 'Dear White People' should live on as a TV show, so I'll leave it at that.

— Justin Simien

It's called 'Dear White People,' but really, it's about these black characters and how they are involved or not involved in a racial scandal…

— Justin Simien

People look to 'Dear White People' as an encyclopedia of our culture. But it's also art, and there are characters with different perspectives.

— Logan Browning

My goal is to broaden and deepen the range of African-American characters on television, so I always try to show human beings.

— Andre Braugher

Any show that speaks to people of color feels the burden to never mess up, never make its characters look bad - to always…

— Yvonne Orji

What I crave, and what I want to see on television, is when you see a minority character, not to have it being about…

— Zazie Beetz

I decided to try to make a show of my own where I could invite an audience to obsess about race the way I…

— Steven C. Harper

When I looked at 'Dear White People,' you have four African-American students who are all very different and who are trying to figure out…

— Teyonah Parris

I was raised in a beautiful Black two-parent family that has given me amazing morals to go out to make a better life for…

— Eva Marcille

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

I felt like it was a courageous show [Black-ish] from the beginning. We are a black family - we're not a family that happens…

— Tracee Ellis Ross