Because after the last incident, i had children bussed in. When i think about the history of black television, i think about when black folks watch, we watch to zero in on us. Instead of making us celebrate your holidays, why dont you celebrate some of ours . What about tupacs birthday . And when you have so little, it means everything. All of those shows, they all matter so much. It feels like theres been more of an ebb and flow and an evolution. It is so important for us to have true authenticity. Why we always the only black people here . Thats why representation matters, black stories told by black people. Im trying to tell you something. [man] we set the pace for sit comedy. You hear that, elizabeth . Im coming to join ya, honey . From Sanford And Son to the other black shows. What is this . Loved The Jeffersons. Monogrammed shirt, brand new silk tie. Is that a tie . I thought your tongue was hanging out. Good times is one of my favorite sitcoms because you could not tell me that
because after the last incident, i had children bussed in. - when i think about the history of black television, i think about when black folks watch, we watch to zero in on us. - instead of making us celebrate your holidays, why don t you celebrate some of ours? what about tupac s birthday? - and when you have so little, it means everything. all of those shows, they all matter so much. - it feels like there s been more of an ebb and flow and an evolution. - it is so important for us to have true authenticity. - why we always the only black people here? - that s why representation matters, black stories told by black people. - i m trying to tell you something. - [man] we set the pace for sit comedy. - you hear that, elizabeth? i m coming to join ya, honey? - from sanford and son to the other black shows. - what is this? - loved the jeffersons. - monogrammed shirt, brand new silk tie. - is that a tie? i thought your tongue was hanging out. - good times is one of my favori
run, yasmine! run like the wind! ental music) - do you feel that there is not enough representation? because after the last incident, i had children bussed in. - when i think about the history of black television, i think about when black folks watch, we watch to zero in on us. - instead of making us celebrate your holidays, why don t you celebrate some of ours? what about tupac s birthday? - and when you have so little, it means everything. all of those shows, they all matter so much. - it feels like there s been more of an ebb and flow and an evolution. - it is so important for us to have true authenticity. - why we always the only black people here? - that s why representation matters, black stories told by black people. - i m trying to tell you something. - [man] we set the pace for sit comedy. - you hear that, elizabeth? i m coming to join ya, honey? - from sanford and son to the other black shows. - what is this? - loved the jeffersons. - monogrammed shirt, brand new
- i can t imagine what tv would be like now without atlanta. you don t get something like that without getting to trust the vision of someone like donald glover. - what you have with shows like atlanta is they don t even try to just be sitcoms. they re completely comfortable sort of straddling that line between comedy and drama. - where are your ancestors from? congo, ivory coast? - i don t know. this spooky thing called slavery happened, and my entire ethnic identity was erased. - i remember an episode i saw, and i was like, oh my god. he covered mental illness, black unemployment. - i m not asking for money. - you should be. aint you homeless? - not real homeless. i m not using a rat as a phone or something. - don t be racist, man. that make you schizophrenia. that don t make you homeless. - he covered so many topics in not even the whole episode. that was like the first few scenes. - and he gets to do it under a black lens while having that not be the only thing about the show
is they don t even try to just be sitcoms. they re completely comfortable sort of straddling that line between comedy and drama. - where are your ancestors from? congo, ivory coast? - i don t know. this spooky thing called slavery happened, and my entire ethnic identity was erased. - i remember an episode i saw, and i was like, oh my god. he covered mental illness, black unemployment. - i m not asking for money. - you should be. aint you homeless? - not real homeless. i m not using a rat as a phone or something. - don t be racist, man. that make you schizophrenia. that don t make you homeless. - he covered so many topics in not even the whole episode. that was like the first few scenes. - and he gets to do it under a black lens while having that not be the only thing about the show that is intriguing. - black people can now say themselves, this is who we are, and you see that in shows like atlanta and like an insecure. - i want to thank trump for making black people number one