Black people Quote by Yvonne Orji

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

The black characters on TV are the sidekicks, or they're insignificant. You could put all the black sidekicks on one show, and it would…

— Issa Rae

I don't think there's been many chances for people to see a black, gay, pop experience and that's what I want to have with…

— MNEK

'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

I don't want to be self-mythologizing, but I do feel like, growing up, on TV, there weren't a lot of young Black women who…

— Ayo Edebiri

I was raised in a beautiful Black two-parent family that has given me amazing morals to go out to make a better life for…

— Eva Marcille

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 wish there was more for minorities than sitcoms. I'd like to see a soap opera about blacks. People don't live in isolation anymore.

— Roxie Roker

When I watch a show, and it's only six white dudes that are the leads, and I'm just supposed to be interested and relate…

— Jaz Sinclair

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

— Lisa Nicole Carson

Shows like 'Seinfeld' and 'Friends,' they have, like, one or two damn characters throughout the whole series that are minorities.

— Esai Morales

Even in reality shows, how they look at black women like they're the monsters - snatching wigs, and weaves and wigs, weaves and wigs,…

— Marsai Martin