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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.

People come up and say, 'Thank you' for showing a black family loving their masculine-presenting child and for undoing the myth of black people as being rabidly homophobic.

Quotes by Yance Ford

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...

Quotes by Vivica A. Fox

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.

Quotes by Saul Alinsky

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.

Quotes by Randall Kennedy

America Quotes

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...

Quotes by Pruitt Taylor Vince

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.'

Quotes by George Tillman, Jr.

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.

Quotes by Craig Charles

All the networks have always been willing to have ethnic people as the third or fourth lead or the best friend to the white person. But to actually let a black family or an Asian family carry a show, that's...

Quotes by Constance Wu

The dream was not to put one black family in the White House, the dream was to make everything equal in everybody's house.

Quotes by Al Sharpton

Frequently Asked Questions

What themes appear in these Black Family quotes?
They cover representation in film, integrated communities, and the historic significance of a black family in the White House.
Is there a quote about making authentic black family films?
Yes, one quote describes wanting to make a nice black family film as a kind of home base among other projects.
Does a quote address stereotypes about black families?
Yes, one quote describes gratitude for showing a black family loving a masculine-presenting child, undoing a harmful myth.
Is there a quote defining an integrated community?
Yes, one quote defines it as the time between the first black family arriving and the last white family leaving.
Does a quote reflect on a black family in the White House?
Yes, one quote reflects on how meaningful that moment felt to many people, black and white alike. See Black Quotes for related sayings.

Other lines look at integrated communities and the historic weight many felt watching a black family occupy the White House.