Author: Kenya Barris

Quotes

You can have good times with anyone, but it's really different and much more interesting when you look at how you get through the bad times with someone.

You can have good times with anyone, but it's really different and much more interesting when you look at how you get through the bad times with someone.

- Kenya Barris

My mom went through civil rights; my dad went through civil rights. My name was Kenya because they wanted to give me an African name.

My mom went through civil rights; my dad went through civil rights. My name was Kenya because they wanted to give me an African name.

- Kenya Barris

The acknowledgement and celebration of Juneteenth as an American and possibly international holiday is something that I would put in the life goals column for me.

The acknowledgement and celebration of Juneteenth as an American and possibly international holiday is something that I would put in the life goals column for me.

- Kenya Barris

Sometimes you realize that life isn't defined by the good times.

Sometimes you realize that life isn't defined by the good times.

- Kenya Barris

After the first couple of years of on 'Black-ish,' my wife and I actually broke up. We got back together, and it was this really, really difficult time for me.

After the first couple of years of on 'Black-ish,' my wife and I actually broke up. We got back together, and it was this really, really difficult time for me.

- Kenya Barris

I think that, for so much of our matriculation through American society, black people sort of feel like outsiders.

I think that, for so much of our matriculation through American society, black people sort of feel like outsiders.

- Kenya Barris

When you walk past a painting in a museum, if it doesn't make you feel something, then it's probably a failure.

When you walk past a painting in a museum, if it doesn't make you feel something, then it's probably a failure.

- Kenya Barris

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