Cosby show Quote by Rebecca Traister

'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

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

— Rebecca Traister

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

I loved the African-American culture, but racism was still a big problem and white America was exactly what I didn't love.

— Mick Hucknall

When 'The Cosby Show' came out, and everyone was up in arms about 'The Cosby Show' and that it was reflecting a world that…

— Gina Prince-Bythewood

When I think of black television and history, I always use 'The Cosby Show' as the bar.

— Wendy Raquel Robinson

I remember 'The Cosby Show,' but that was something completely different. Comedy. There was a lightness to it and a sort of unrealistic perfection.

— Corey Hawkins

'The Cosby Show' - no one thought there's doctors and lawyers who are married and live in brownstones! Back then no one would have…

— Keshia Knight Pulliam

CBS garners a predominately older white audience, and by having a show like 'Superior Donuts' on their weekly programming, it distorts what people are…

— Jermaine Fowler

Audiences want great story telling; it's why white people watch my show 'Black in America.' It's why black people watch 'Latina in America.' All…

— Soledad O'Brien

There are so many shows that are 'white,' and we wanted to talk about how two really delusional, cliche white girls handle racial issues.

— Erin Foster

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