Closer Quote by Kenya Barris

I love that 'Black-ish' is a pretty traditional sitcom, structurally. It functions like the sitcoms from the '80s and '90s that I grew up…

— Daveed Diggs

Black-ish is really a show about an American family and these are some of the topics that come up - for all of us,…

— Tracee Ellis Ross

I've always been a fan of 'Black-ish.'

— Daveed Diggs

For my family, 'black-ish' is the reward on a Thursday evening - a day after the show officially airs, when it's finally available to…

— Jacqueline Woodson

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

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

A lot of people don't know, I had the 'Angie Tribeca' show before I had 'Black-ish.' I went over to 'Black-ish' just to write.…

— Deon Cole

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

It's nice to be a part of a show I was passionate about and that's pushing the culture forward. I feel 'Black Lightning' is…

— Nafessa Williams

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

Shows like 'Empire,' 'Black-ish,' 'Scandal,' and 'How to Get Away With Murder' are expanding viewers' perspectives on what people of color can be like.…

— Baron Vaughn

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