“I didn't like what was on TV in terms of sitcomsit had nothing to do with the color of themI just didn't like any of them. I saw little kids, let's say 6 or 7 years old, white kids, black kids. And the way they were addressing the father or the mother, the writers had turned things around, so the little children were smarter than the parent or the caregiver. They were just not funny to me. I felt that it was manipulative and the audience was looking at something that had no responsibility to the family.” WayYearsChildrenLittlesKidsMotherFatherFeltParentBlackTermWhiteResponsibilityAudienceSawsColorTvsSmarterLittle KidSitcomManipulativeCaregivers Author:Bill Cosby
“We need to take responsibility and educate people. That's why black folks don't like me. I always say it's our responsibility to make safe neighborhoods. It's our job to get them cleaned up.” PeopleNeedsFunnyJobsBlackResponsibilitySafeFolksLike MeNeighborhoodEducateTaking ResponsibilityDon't Like Me Author:Charles Evers
“Not just as a black woman, but as a woman, since the beginning of time, beauty has been our responsibility.” Has BeensBlackResponsibilityBlack Women Author:Nicole Ari Parker
“I really feel a sense of responsibility first as a creation of a force that I call God, that's bigger than myself. And because I'm black, I feel the responsibility to that. I feel the responsibility to my womanness. But more importantly, I feel a responsibility to my humanness.” FeelsFirstsForceBlackResponsibilityCreationBiggerSense Of ResponsibilityHumanness Author:Oprah Winfrey
“What sets black people apart is not some deficit in personal responsibility. It's the weight on our shoulders. That is what's actually different. We have the weight and burden of history.” PeopleDifferentBlackResponsibilityWeightBurdenShouldersBlack PeopleDeficitPersonal Responsibility Author:Ta-Nehisi Coates
“Something struck me in Africa, in black Africa, where polygamy is legal: the solitary woman is the rule there, from at an extremely young age, and the children are always the mother's responsibility.” ChildrenAgeYoungMotherBlackResponsibilitySolitaryYoung AgePolygamy Author:Dacia Maraini
“It's frightening enough with a male actor and not a stunt person. If you accidently punch him with the wrong hand, then you've cost them a week's work and they've got a black eye or a lot of money goes on CG to get rid of it. That was nerve wracking, but it was very civilized. Women tend to immediately take responsibility if somebody messes up with both of us saying it's our fault. Men are quite happy for it to be your fault it seems like.” IfsMenPersonsEnoughHandsSeemsEyeActorsBlackResponsibilityWeekGoes OnCostFaultsMalesMessCivilizedNervesFrighteningLots Of MoneyTaking ResponsibilityBlack Eyes Author:Kate Beckinsale
“All critics have the responsibility to tease out the social ideas and social problems in a movie. I don't feel an obligation to do that because I'm black.” FeelsIdeasProblemSocialBlackResponsibilityCriticsObligationTeaseSocial Problems Author:Wesley Morris