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Could not tell me that these people were not real. - dy-no-mite! - uncle phil! - "fresh prince of bel-air" was groundbreaking for me. it was a different depiction of black life. - argh! - "martin" made me laugh so much. - jerome in the house! - clear! - "black-ish", "insecure". - hey! - so many shows that are on now that are killing it in ratings. - we're living in a golden age of black television, especially when it comes to sitcoms. - we're finally starting to see ourselves represented in the world. (car whooshes past) (water sprays) - hell no! (upbeat music) (upbeat music) - as times change...

As black people, our desire to depict authentic versions of ourselves is always negotiated because if i'm not here, then this whole room is white, and then characters who look like me will have no one who looks like them to speak their truth. (upbeat funky music) ♪ back to life - there's yet another big shake up in the tv landscape when hip hop meets rodeo drive. - [male reporter] it is called rap music. - they keep saying it's a fad. - rap music is not a fad. - in fact, rap is one of the largest grossing forms of music on the charts. - quincy jones recognized that hip hop was gonna change a...

Jazz: aaaah! daphne maxwell-reid: most of the writers were white but we had them understand that they cannot depict our family just from their point of view. will: somewhere between princeton and the office you got soft, you forgot who you are and where you came from. uncle phil: i grew up on the streets just like you. i encountered bigotry you could not imagine. now you have a nice poster of malcolm x on your wall. i heard the brother speak. jacqueline coley: they hit aspects of the african-american experience really head on, absentee fathers... will's dad: long time huh? will: fourteen years...

Is changing the way that many people are looking at black culture and fresh prince of bel air is there, to put that into a sitcom world. ♪ now this is a story all about how ♪ ♪ my life got flipped turned upside down ♪ daphne maxwell-reid: will was a fish out of water from the urban philly community. will: ♪ back to life... will: hey uncle phil! daphne he was placed into the bel air mansion with a very successful aunt and uncle, and cousins that are very different from the friends that he grew up with. carlton: ah, malcolm x. will: he's sort of my hero. carlton: he was a great man, i ...

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