I’ve worked in a mortuary and seen the consequences of what guns and knives do to people. Salim Akil Read Quote
Often, African-Americans’ work is accepted as if we did something artistic by happenstance. It’s almost like, ‘They make TV shows the same way they dance. It’s just natural!’ Salim Akil Read Quote
When you’re given a certain amount of power – like, you’re a writer and an employed writer, and you put pen to paper, and people are going to read what you write – that’s power. Salim Akil Read Quote
Like anyone else in television, I like to explore my life experience. And I don’t think African-American artists see doing shows or art about African-Americans as something ‘less than.’ I think maybe the industry sometimes does. We don’t get as much attention, we don’t get critical acclaim and so on. Salim Akil Read Quote
