Kenya Barris Quotes

Black people, we are not this monolithic group, you know?

Our leader will not be a white man with a Black heart, nor a Black man with a white heart, but a Black man with a Black heart.

When you say that you are a race man, it means that you embrace the entire black community regardless of the hue, whether somebody is very light and could pass for possibly white or someone is very dark.

I never had that thing about being black. If the whole world was like that, maybe there would be more harmony and love.

Just call me black, if you want to call me anything.

My black brothers and sisters - of all religious beliefs, or of no religious beliefs - we all have in common the greatest binding tie we could have. We are all black people!

I still enjoy a lot of support from the black community.

To me, we are the most beautiful creatures in the whole world. Black people. And I mean that in every sense.

I'm not going to be one of those people who says, 'I'm a showrunner; I'm not a black showrunner.' I'm black when I go to sleep. I'm black when I wake up, period. It doesn't affect my perspective on everything, but at the same time, it's who I am, and I'm proud of it.

I play in a league that's 70 percent black and my peers, guys I come to work with, guys I respect who are very socially aware and are intellectual guys, if they identify something that they think is worth putting their reputations on the line, creating controversy, I'm going to listen to those guys.

There's not one black narrative. There's not one way to be black.

My son don't have to say it loud, I'm black and I'm proud. He don't have to be called those crazy names.

I don't mind being black. I'm black out loud. It's more than the people that they are, it's the condition that they represent.

Today's multiracial Americans are at greater liberty to choose how they'd like to be seen, and under less pressure to pass for white.

A racial community provides not only a sense of identity, that luxury of looking into another's face and seeing yourself reflected back, but a sense of security and support.

Accordingly, one race is neither superior nor inferior to another.

I think Black people need to take self-esteem seriously.

There is a perception within our community and the world that black people don't love each other. That we don't fight for each other. That perception is so dangerous. We need positive images to counter the negative portrayals we see every day. And positive doesn't mean perfect. Perfect is boring.

We call each other colored people, black people, but not negro…

I love black people, I love white people, I love yellow people.

Do mainstream crowds want to watch a movie about good things happening in black neighborhoods? Do black audiences want to see a little girl doing something in a white world?

I think to be very blunt about it, in a lot of that support is a desire for convergence of a black skin with the United States Presidency, with power on that level - the idea is that to have a black in that office leading a largely white country would be redemptive for America.

When you're biracial, people sort of make you gray - you're not black, you're not white, you're sort of gray; you're 'other.' And I'm fortunate to have parents that were strong enough to say, 'You're not 'other.' You're special.'

Our Luke Cage is a black hero, not a hero who happens to be black.

I'm proud to be biracial, and there's a lot of people that say things like, 'I don't see color,' and I completely understand that, but I think different is beautiful, but I think our difference shouldn't separate us, and for me in this era, in this time, in everything that we're going through, my whole thing is just about unity, man.