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The African American community is so under-served in the entertainment industry.

Like any group that has endured much, African Americans have created a strong and mutually reinforcing sense of group identity. That's not a bad thing in and of itself.

Since Bush has been in office, African-American women have fallen behind in terms of income and wages.

Black people have been working hard for decades.

The absence of diverse voices leads to policies and programs that adversely impact African-Americans.

I don't think there's enough breadth to the stories told about African-Americans.

Since 1957, black people have experienced double-digit unemployment - in good times and bad times. Look at the population of African Americans in prison. They represent more than half the population of prisoners in the country, 55 percent of those on death row.

Every day in America, African Americans are reminded of their race in ways large and small. Every day.

Black people don't have an accurate idea of their history, which has been either suppressed or distorted.

During the Great Depression, African Americans were faced with problems that were not unlike those experienced by the most disadvantaged groups in society. The Great Depression had a leveling effect, and all groups really experienced hard times: poor whites, poor blacks.