‘Black-ish’ Creator Kenya Barris on Preparing for Yara Shahidi to Leave the Show for College (Video)
This story on Kenya Barris and “black-ish” first appeared in the Down to the Wire issue of TheWrap’s Emmy magazine.
Yes, the entire main cast is black and yes, the show is titled “black-ish” — but if there’s one thing Kenya Barris wants you to know about his Emmy-nominated series, it’s that it’s not a “black show.”
The creator of the critically acclaimed comedy says that everybody’s story is an American story, and we need to start embracing that idea a bit more. “It’s not a black story or a black show, it’s an American show,” Barris told TheWrap. “It’s about American culture, and part of American culture is black culture.
Yes, the entire main cast is black and yes, the show is titled “black-ish” — but if there’s one thing Kenya Barris wants you to know about his Emmy-nominated series, it’s that it’s not a “black show.”
The creator of the critically acclaimed comedy says that everybody’s story is an American story, and we need to start embracing that idea a bit more. “It’s not a black story or a black show, it’s an American show,” Barris told TheWrap. “It’s about American culture, and part of American culture is black culture.