“My wife is a doctor, and we had a decent life financially. My kids were going to nice schools and had nannies. We weren't rich, but we were better off than I was growing up. And I looked around, and I was like, 'Who are these people?' It was the opposite of what I remembered growing up.”

American film and television writer, producer, director, and actor

Kenya Barris is an American film and television writer, producer, director, and actor. He is best known as the creator of the ABC sitcom Black-ish, which ran from 2014 to 2022. Barris has worked across several parts of television and film, with credits as a writer, producer, director, and performer. His best-known work, Black-ish, shaped his public profile and remains the project most closely associated with his name.