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. cedric: kenya was a new voice in comedy, of course, doing black-ish and all the spin off s grown-ish, you know, every ish. dre: this is serious stuff son. kids are dying in the street! girl: hold up, kids are dying. boy: we re kids! lorraine ali: he s tackling the trump administration. he s talking about black lives matter,
Grandpa: police beating up on an unarmed black man? that s a story i been hearing allll my life. cedric: kenya was a new voice in comedy, of course, doing black-ish and all the spin off s grown-ish, you know, every ish. dre: this is serious stuff son. kids are dying in the street! girl: hold up, kids are dying. boy: we re kids! lorraine ali: he s tackling the trump administration. he s talking about black lives matter, all these things that are swelling up in american culture. grandpa: ok, fine, maybe the storm is keeping me up a bit. dre: seems like every time i turn on the news it s something else. dad: you are not wrong son. yvette: kenya, approached me about working on the show, and i was like, this is a story that needs to be told. and, you know, it s the story of millions of people. grandpa: you see the word pride, it implies that you have overcome adversity, see? so if you re black or brown or gay or a woman or a