Black people Quote by KiKi Layne

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

We don't often truly consider the embeddedness of black folks in the American imaginary. America would not exist in its current form without the…

— RaMell Ross

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 black people have to be in control of their own image because film is a powerful medium. We can't just sit back…

— Spike Lee

I think often if people don't have a lot of experience with a particular type of person or a particular type of brain, they…

— Morgan Parker

The way black people feel, especially, is if you're going to tell a black story, let it come from a real place.

— Algee Smith

A lot of times, we talk about black people as if being black is all they are. They get up, go to work... and…

— Margot Lee Shetterly

It's fascinating that people, there's so many people now who will make judgments based on what you look like. I'm black. So I'm supposed…

— Clarence Thomas

I don't walk around all the time thinking of myself as African American, but oftentimes in Hollywood, you are reminded of that in ways…

— Salim Akil

Black people have to define who we are, or others do it for us.

— Baron Vaughn

Why would you create a movie for black people if you don't understand the history and perspective of the people you are doing it…

— Tim Reid

That existential crisis is something you rarely see portrayed by black characters; the idea that people think about their own existence and that they…

— Boots Riley