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
you know what? this isn t our story to tell, but we re gonna give you what you need to tell it. - and it has become this massive pop culture moment that everyone loves, and it s such an honest portrayal of black life. - i ve been tased before! tase me again! i ll survive! - we wanted to talk about things that felt like everyday life on a tuesday for black people, not juneteenth. it s not king day. (laughs) it s just gonna be like a tuesday, and this is what we had to deal with on a tuesday. that s where we always felt this show needed to live, and so i feel like those were the ways that insecure felt different. gotta take a risk sometime gotta take a risk (lively music) - dear white people. we filmed dear white people, season one in 2016. our last day of filming was the day of the presidential election. dear white people ended up releasing in a trump world.
that everyone loves, and it s such an honest portrayal of black life. - i ve been tased before! tase me again! i ll survive! - we wanted to talk about things that felt like everyday life on a tuesday for black people, not juneteenth. it s not king day. (laughs) it s just gonna be like a tuesday, and this is what we had to deal with on a tuesday. that s where we always felt this show needed to live, and so i feel like those were the ways that insecure felt different. gotta take a risk sometime gotta take a risk (lively music) - dear white people. we filmed dear white people, season one in 2016. our last day of filming was the day of the presidential election. dear white people ended up releasing in a trump world. - dear white people takes place at a fictional ivy league institution, kind of stand in for white america, and there, we follow this group of black students navigating a very white world and figuring out