Experience Quote by Logan Browning

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

Back in the 1970s, it was mostly all-black audiences coming into the theaters. So, we presented stories they could relate to.

— Rudy Ray Moore

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

Finally, the complexities of black relationships are being portrayed in television and film.

— Lisa Nicole Carson

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

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

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

Not that long ago - in my parents' lives, in fact - actors in minstrel shows wore blackface to mimic and mock African Americans.…

— Wayne Messam

'The Martin Show,' the 'Jamie Foxx show,' 'Living Single,' 'The Wayans Brothers,' 'Hanging with Mr. Cooper...' Some of these shows were good, some were…

— John Ridley

There is a multitude of experiences that make up the black experience.

— Chance The Rapper

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

— Mike Colter

The only black people you found were occasional characters or characters who were so feeble-witted that they couldn't manage anything, anyway. I wrote myself…

— Octavia Butler