We still have to create things for African American women. Just like Tyler Perry is doing it, we can't wait for things to happen; you have to go and make and create roles and go to people.
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I think, though, as African-American women, we are always trained to value our community even at the expense of ourselves, and so we attempt to protect the African-American community.
I definitely intend to create my own work in the future so that we don't have to keep saying, We don't have work for black women.'
I feel a responsibility to continue creating complex roles for black women, especially young black women.
African American women in particular have incredible buying power. Statistically, we go to the movies more than anyone. We have made Tyler Perry's career. His films open with $25 million almost consistently.
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.
Take the time to discover how African-Americans have had a great impact on this country. In science, education, literature, art, and politics.
We can revolutionize the attitude of inner city brown and black kids to learning. We need a civil rights movement within the African-American community.
It's unfortunate that a lot of people think African-American female artists are monolithically R&B this-or-that, don't have to do anything by default.
Black women all over the world should re-unite and re-examine the way history has portrayed us.
Children today will grow up taking for granted that an African-American or a woman can, yes, become the president of the United States.
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