Experience Quote by Teyonah Parris

My goal is to broaden and deepen the range of African-American characters on television, so I always try to show human beings.

— Andre Braugher

I would just love to see more shows that highlight positivity rather than trauma of the Black experience.

— Judi Love

I thought that, as a black audience member, I would like to see something that reflected an experience that's not normally exhibited in documentaries,…

— Elvis Mitchell

'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

With my representation of a black woman in the world today, there's such a powerful response from my community about what it means to…

— Susan Kelechi Watson

I've always gotten a positive reaction to doing African-American characters.

— Tracey Ullman

Unfortunately, in television today there are very few African-American characters who are human beings. They are typically two-dimensional stereotypes, cookie-cutter types.

— Andre Braugher

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

If I'm racist, don't think I would have directed shows like 'The Parkers' and 'The Wayans Brothers' or worked 41 episodes with Victoria Rowell…

— Scott Baio

'Black-ish' is a show that has spoken to all different types of people and brought them closer as a community, and I'm so proud…

— Kenya Barris

I would love 'Awkward Black Girl' to be on television, with the right team of people who understand and get it. If 'Awkward Black…

— Issa Rae

Shows like 'Empire,' 'Black-ish,' 'Scandal,' and 'How to Get Away With Murder' are expanding viewers' perspectives on what people of color can be like.…

— Baron Vaughn