Stephen Carter

Even in 2012, if there's a black character in the movies or on television that's a professional, if we even hear about their backgrounds they're always 'up from the streets.'

More than 20 years on, sustained competition, informed customers and the rapid growth of new technology provide the necessary environment for substantial deregulation.

In real life there are indeed black people who have been in the middle class for generations, but in entertainment it's as if they don't exist.

If you're fascinated by America, you'll be fascinated by family.

Teaching civility is an obligation of the family.

I think that black fiction authors have to work very hard to avoid being typed as seeking only a black audience.