Black people Quote by KRS-One

I cannot imagine where we would have been without BET. Many like me who operate in black America can only get our balanced story…

— Al Sharpton

In the press, there's this desire for the black audience to be this monolithic thing that always responds to the same stars. That's a…

— Justin Simien

The way Hollywood and TV is, black people don't have any choice but to see ourselves in white-dominated television shows and stories and movies.

— Justin Simien

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

The reality is, because of access to film, you don't have a lot of black people who want to go behind the camera. We…

— Michael Ealy

Black people watch more television than anybody else, which makes it legitimate to talk about television. Its anesthetizing effect has been quite real. But…

— Michael Eric Dyson

Even in reality shows, how they look at black women like they're the monsters - snatching wigs, and weaves and wigs, weaves and wigs,…

— Marsai Martin

I can tell you from personal experience it gets a little tiring having to make the rounds on cable shows to explain 'what's up…

— John Ridley

A show hosted by a black had never been accepted, so the first time that knob's turned on, people are judging against all they…

— Flip Wilson

As much as you turn on the television and see our beautiful faces, you'd be amazed to see who is not behind the camera.…

— Eva Marcille

You dont still own a black and white TV. So why see the world that way?

— Anonymous

The fact that there aren't an abundance of African-American males that are getting lead roles [and] that are getting roles that have prominence on…

— Michael B. Jordan