Black Quote by Michael Eric Dyson

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

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

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

Black films and television are growing and getting the recognition... and the opportunities.

— Demetrius Shipp, Jr

I guess probably in my time in politics, it continued to be affirmed to me that the African-American community, despite being subscription television's most…

— J. C. Watts

The impact of the black audience is expressing itself. They look to films to be more expressive of their needs, their lives. Hollywood has…

— Sidney Poitier

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

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

— Mike Colter

That's not to say that some of the new media is not advantageous. You can reach lots of folks with what Black Lives Matter…

— Marian Wright Edelman

I'm trying to use euphemisms here, trying to avoid saying there was no television for black folks, which they knew was for them.

— Don Cornelius

It bothers me a lot that you want to broadcast that you're associating with black people.

— Donald Sterling

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

— Lisa Nicole Carson