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I have five kids, and people can say 'nature versus nurture,' but it is nature! Nurture has so little to do with it. I have five kids, and there are five totally different people in my house.

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Whenever you put a family together, they may share some points of views and morals, but there are going to be differences.

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We should be aware and constantly having conversations about the world because that's how you change it from the bigger standpoint rather than acutely trying to change things.

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When I was growing up, I never saw couples fight on the family sitcoms I loved to watch. Subsequently, when tough times arose in my own relationship, I wasn't prepared and felt so isolated and alone. Marital issues weren't a part of the narrative that television told me was a 'working relationship.'

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I hear a creak in my house, and I'm calling the police immediately, but at the same time, I do know that when I call them, I'm going to make sure to say, 'I'm a black guy, and this is my house.'

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There's never really been a true apology for slavery.

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The PC way of handling culture has been to not talk about it. But we should be talking about it.

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As much as we want to say racism is dead, it's still rearing its ugly head constantly.

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I consider myself a disciple of Norman Lear. And one of the things he did was topic-driven humor.

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Comedy used to be a vehicle for change. Now, comedy has gotten to this quirky, nonsensical place, which I enjoy. But I do think there is room for discussion-based humor. We can tell those stories in a way that feels edifying.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Producer

Born: August 9th, 1974

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