American - Journalist | December 12, 1972 -
Even though I've got this really brawny, masculine reputation, I'm a Shondaland Thursdays kind of guy.
Cheo Hodari Coker
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I'm a hip-hop showrunner.
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All black art is always judged to illuminate our experience and prove that our stories and our history and our lives matter. And that goes back to Ralph Ellison, James Baldwin, Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston - take your pick.
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For me, hip-hop has always been black superhero music.
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One of my favorite memories as a kid was when the original 'Secret Wars' came out with the debut of the black costume for Spider-Man. I remember I couldn't wait to get home to read it, and I was like, 'Oh, my God, I've been waiting for this comic to come out. I hope, God forbid, nothing happens to me before I get home to read it.'
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Police officers see everything, and they experience everything, and they don't always act correctly.
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When you're writing about cops from the perspective of cops, that level of sarcasm about their job and how they treat people will color the writing to a certain extent.
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The only thing police patrol cops - in certain situations - are expert at is spotting anomalies. When you are a black person that is driving in a place that you stick out, that's all they're going to see.
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The thing that all police officers decide when they wake up in the morning is that they're going home.
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I think the fact that 'Black Lightning,' 'Luke Cage' and 'Black Panther' have each made noise in their own way will only lead to different superheroes and different genres.
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The Caribbean is such a rich place, and Jamaica, personally, is one of my favorite places in the world. I've been lucky to, on various projects, to have spent a lot of time down there.
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Human sexuality is not always about being labeled. It's about having a human moment, an emotion.
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