our participation of actors. starting off as guest stars, then we became supporting actors. who the hell are you any way? who am i? you will find out very soon. very soon. then we became lead actors we don t run, we stick together and we fight. get out of my house. drama is where all of the conflict happens. scandal is my favorite drama. how many times have i told you what you have to be. everything about it, the twist, the terms, the acting. twice as good. twice as good as them to get half of what they have. i love queen sugar. david makes man. i like the intimacy of that world that is being depicted. definitely new york undercover. you stupid, turn around. a positive role, a great thing to see someone who looks like you, a pivotal moment to figure out who i was. america drama almost doesn t, it doesn t exist without black people now. - that s right, hank plummer. you know, i can find him? - yeah, he s right here. it s me. - you know, for a
- who the hell are you anyway? - who am i? you will find out very soon. very soon. - [ernie] then we became lead actors. - we don t run. okay, we stick together and we fight. - get out of my house. you are afr- - drama is where all of the conflict happens. - [tisha] scandal is my favorite drama. - how many times have i told you, you have to be what? - everything about it, the twist, the turns, the acting. - twice as good. - twice as good as them to get half of what they have. - i love queen sugar, david makes man. i like the intimacy of that world that s being depicted. - definitely, new york undercover. - waiting for the cops. you stupid? turn around. malik yoba, it was a positive role. it was a great thing to see someone who looks like you, very much a pivotal moment of growing, and trying to figure out who i was. - american drama, it almost doesn t. it doesn t exist without black people now. (upbeat music) (smooth jazz music) - [hank] hey, you looking for somebody?
You had shows like star trek and then this show with a black woman in outer space. then you had mission impossible and you had greg mars in there. you had more black performers coming on series. now, it is being seen that tv should change. and, african americans are appearing in an important significant roles. supporting characters are fine, but the lead characters were still going to be white. one show, though, think about it, is different. room 222 . good morning. good morning, mr. dixon. it was set in an incredibly diverse high school in los angeles. and the lead character was played by lloyd hayes. he plays pete dixon. mr. butcher. sir? they will be expecting me in the detention room.
Into outer space. daktari which was set in africa. and you had harry rhodes playing an important supporting role. you had mission impossible, and you had greg morris in there. and you had more black performers coming on series. now, it s being seen that tv should change, and african americans are appearing in important significant roles. - supporting characters are fine, but the lead characters were still gonna be white. one show though, i actually didn t think about it, is different, room 222. - good morning. - good morning, mr. dixon. - room 222 was set in a incredibly diverse high school in los angeles. and the lead character was played by lloyd hayes, and he plays pete dixon. - mr. butcher. - sir? they ll be expecting me in the detention room. if i don t show up, they ll think something happened to me. - it was ambitious.
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