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 don t want them to not be black. i don t want them to only be black-ish. - from now on, we will be black out loud. - black-ish had a episode called juneteenth that i m so proud to have been a part of. - our whole family will celebrate juneteenth. - all right. - boom! i know where to buy strawberry soda. - and i make a mean red velvet cake. - i ll fire up the grill. that loud and black enough for you? - yeah, mm-hmm. - i ll hang up my stocking. - oh, buddy. - and now it s on the national calendar forever, something that s still mind blowing to me. - president biden signed the juneteenth national independence day act into law. - we did an episode about a little white girl in the elevator by herself, and the black man shouldn t get on it. and they just. (laughs) (doors ding) but so many white people came up to me and was like, is that a thing? and i m like, hell yeah! that was just as important of an episode as juneteenth was.
and felt like sets off a little bit of a firestorm, and you get people talking about it. you ve got a man who s got his family at a crossroads. i care about black history and culture and our roots. i don t want them to not be black. i don t want them to only be black-ish. - from now on, we will be black out loud. - black-ish had a episode called juneteenth that i m so proud to have been a part of. - our whole family will celebrate juneteenth. - all right. - boom! i know where to buy strawberry soda. - and i make a mean red velvet cake. - i ll fire up the grill. that loud and black enough for you? - yeah, mm-hmm. - i ll hang up my stocking. - oh, buddy. - and now it s on the national calendar forever, something that s still mind blowing to me. - president biden signed the juneteenth national independence day act into law. - we did an episode about a little white girl in the elevator by herself, and the black man shouldn t get on it. and they just. (laughs)