About Quote by Malcolm-Jamal Warner

'The Cosby Show' was a show about black people that was fundamentally and unequivocally friendly to whiteness and to white people. The Huxtables had…

— Rebecca Traister

I can't negate the theory that the Huxtables on 'The Cosby Show' may have helped pave the way for the Obama family. People enjoyed…

— Bill Cosby

Most of black America is in housing projects, without jobs, living on welfare. And this is not the case in 'The Cosby Show,' because…

— August Wilson

I don't necessarily believe that 'The Cosby Show' should disappear as a cultural reference, but it is. That's sad to me. I understand why.…

— Kenya Barris

“Our neighbors were so excited when a black family moved in that they got them a welcome basket with the first three seasons of…

— Flynn Meaney

Scores of African-Americans have written both appreciatively and critically about what 'The Cosby Show' meant to them over the years.

— Rebecca Traister

Bill Cosby is not Black America's Father, and never was.

— Jason Johnson

You know what Bill Cosby did wrong? He started criticizing young black men.

— Damon Wayans

I do think it's important for black writers to show that we too can make it into the mainstream. Growing up, I didn't just…

— Lena Waithe

In 1965, Cosby had become the first black man ever to star in a prime-time television show; he was conscious enough of his non-dissolved,…

— Rebecca Traister

When we've had images that perpetuate the negative stereotype of people of color, we've always had 'The Cosby Show' to hold up against that.…

— Malcolm-Jamal Warner

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