of work to do and this bench needs to go over there. but we just moved it over here. don t question my authority, thanks! we talk about race and culture in serious ways. that is important. discussing these things in a sitcom, you are not offensive. you are able to take in new ideas. the family was doing something that nobody had ever done. we are talking about having one of the biggest bigots in america and having a black man coming to his house. you see my daughter gloria standing over there and her husband mike? it was electrifying! i was tangling the whole time. he is sitting there going you are watching kind of a master class in reflecting humanity. it was revolutionary in a lot of ways. all in the family change the way we think about society. that s the picture of sammy davis. to archie bunker, the whitest guy i know. you realize that norman lear is taking us into a whole new realm of comedy. my father used to tell my mother, jeanette, it
that was sort of taking hold in the early 90s essentially got crippled. mara brock ali: when president obama was in office, those first four years, tyler perry shows and the game were the only black expression on television. i used to joke, i m like, oh, well, they don t need us anymore because (laughs) they ve got obama. malcolm venable: around 2014 conversations in hollywood about diversity were taking root, black creators like kenya barris were, finally given the agency to tell their stories. grandpa: police beating up on an unarmed black man? that s a story i been hearing allll my life. cedric: kenya was a new voice in comedy, of course, doing black-ish and all the spin off s grown-ish, you know, every ish. dre: this is serious stuff son. kids are dying in the street! girl: hold up, kids are dying. boy: we re kids! lorraine ali: he s tackling the trump administration. he s talking about black lives matter,
grandpa: police beating up on an unarmed black man? that s a story i been hearing allll my life. cedric: kenya was a new voice in comedy, of course, doing black-ish and all the spin off s grown-ish, you know, every ish. dre: this is serious stuff son. kids are dying in the street! girl: hold up, kids are dying. boy: we re kids! lorraine ali: he s tackling the trump administration. he s talking about black lives matter, all these things that are swelling up in american culture. grandpa: ok, fine, maybe the storm is keeping me up a bit. dre: seems like every time i turn on the news it s something else. dad: you are not wrong son. yvette: kenya, approached me about working on the show, and i was like, this is a story that needs to be told. and, you know, it s the story of millions of people. grandpa: you see the word pride, it implies that you have overcome adversity, see? so if you re black or brown or gay or a woman or a