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Nothing Goes To Windward Like A 747.

I Felt Like It Was A Courageous Show [black-ish] From The Beginning. We Are A Black Family - We're Not A Family That Happens To Be Black. But The Show Is Not Even About Us Being Black. The Show Is About Us Being A Family. That Is Groundbreaking - On Tv, The Black Characters Either Happen To Be Black Or They're The "black Character," Where Everything They Say Is About Being Black. I Think That's The Genius.

I Doubted Black-ish , And I'll Tell You Why. Because It Doesn't Matter If A Writer Wrote It For You. He Could've Written It With You In Mind. But Tv Is A Collaborative Art. It Involves Producers, Networks, Studios, And Many People Signing Off On You. And A Lot Of Times There Are Deals In Place - Actors With Studios That They're Looking For Shows For.

I Sometimes Think To Myself, You're Not Going To Meet A New Friend Of Any Kind At Home In Front Of The Tv With Your Dvr. As Much As It's Great, And There Are So Many Good Shows On Tv, And I Have Great Books That I'm Reading, Get Out And Interact With People.

I Never Heard My Mom Say, "not Now, I'm Busy." But I Did Have Extraordinary Experiences That I'm Very Aware Were Extraordinary. I Mean, I Traveled Europe Before I Was 12 Years Old, Had Been To The White House Numerous Times. Andy Warhol Photographed Me; Michael Jackson Called Our House.