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Sometimes you need a second opinion. [coughs] good to go. yeah, i think i'll get a second opinion. all these walls gotta go! ah ah ah! i'd love a second opinion. no. i'm going to get a second opinion. with innovation refunds, there's no upfront cost to find out. so why not check like i did for my small business? take the first step to see if your small business qualifies for the erc. hustleman: yow, check it out, hustleman is in the house malcolm venable: the mid -90s was a golden era for black sitcoms. michael schneider: as fox went with predominantly african-american casts, you had new netwo...

That was sort of taking hold in the early 90s essentially got crippled. mara brock ali: when president obama was in office, those first four years, tyler perry shows and the game were the only black expression on television. i used to joke, i'm like, "oh, well, they don't need us anymore because (laughs) they've got obama." malcolm venable: around 2014 conversations in hollywood about diversity were taking root, black creators like kenya barris were, finally given the agency to tell their stories. grandpa: police beating up on an unarmed black man? that's a story i been hearing allll my life. ...

♪ its not unusual to be loved by anyone ♪ beretta smith shomade: and so when fox comes around and says, how can we gain audience? oh, black people. so they initiate a series of shows that target an audience that had not been targeted. malcolm venable: martin lawrence is this increasingly mega popular comedian on the scene. martin lawrence: i know big bird been out of business but what the fuck is up? jacqueline coley: if you want to just compare martin and the fresh prince, martin in no way ran away from its blackness. he hosted a black radio show... martin: what up? jacqueling coley: ...h...

Clippers fan, you have been doing the struggle. lorraine ali: i remember one episode when kenya barris was tackling the uproar over colin kaepernick taking a knee. son: i'm sorry, i can't sleep. dre: of course you'd be afraid of the storm. son: it's not why i can't sleep. the school wants to suspend any athletes who take a knee during the national anthem. ali: abc finds it too hot. they want to shelf it and they do shelf it. and then he walks. malcolm venable: he goes over to netflix where he got a whopping hundreds of millions dollar deal to create new content. ♪ kenya: i don't know how to ...

Malcolm venable: you saw a black man who was like, standing up to white people. george: who are you calling crazy, honky? peter casey: the shows had depth to them. and they tackled racial issues. instructor: very good, very good ladies. who's next? come on, now, who's next? we're all friends here. hereman: well, you may all be friends, but we don't touch anything that's been kissed by a nigger. helen: i hope you got on your best suit! jay moriarty: the flashback episode of what jeffersons were doing the day martin luther king was shot, it ends with martin luther king's speech. martin luther ki...