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- Nov 07, 2020
Black Family Quotes
Reflections on black family life and representation
This page gathers quotes about black family life, from filmmakers choosing to tell grounded black family stories to fans thanking them for honest representation.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't like to see projects that are all black or all white. It's how life is. I do like to make sure that I do a nice black family film; that's like keeping my home base. I do other things, but I like to always come back to a positive family film, because of all the negative influences today.
- Chronological
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- Nov 07, 2020
A racially integrated community is a chronological term timed from the entrance of the first black family to the exit of the last white family.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think that many black people thought this would be a wonderful and extraordinary thing, for a black family to occupy the White House. Not only black people; a lot of white people thought that, too, but particularly black people.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
I got agitated at the idea that racism is a Southern thing. Did you hear about the cross-burning out here? A black family moved into an upper-middle-class Los Angeles suburb and found a cross burning on their lawn. Swastikas are being painted on synagogues. I'm moving to France. I don't think this 'kinder, gentler nation' bit is working too well.
- Black
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wanted to make a movie about a black family in Middle America. I wanted to make a film where everyone can look at them and say, 'This is my family.'
- Black
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- Nov 07, 2020
We were the only black family in an estate with 1,000 white families. Liverpool being quite racist in the Sixties, it was a bit grim growing up.
- Black
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- Nov 07, 2020