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Growing up on our estate, we were all different colours, but we were all really poor. I never really realised that black was a problem for some people.
Michaela Coel
LoveGodPeopleMeStartYou
I feel that when you want to start attacking people or completely rejecting the people you see as not on the godly side, to me, that isn't God, and that isn't love.
PeopleBlackGenerationAmericanTV
My generation of black British people often feels part American because of what we learned from TV.
MemoriesRevolveTVManyAround
So many of my memories revolve around TV.
ManDoorWorldYouImmigrantsWant
Where I grew up, in Aldgate, east London, one of the poorest boroughs in the country, I saw lots that was real - the bankers with their briefcases, the man next door with five wives, the illegal immigrants in Flat 5. I'm from a world you rarely see on screen, and I want to show it off.
DreamsGirlCharacterWorldFinding
'Chewing Gum' is a sitcom set on an estate in east London. Its central character is a girl from a Pentecostal background who decides to embark on a more worldly lifestyle - it's about adolescence 10 years too late. In my dreams, everybody is watching it, finding out about my world and realising it's not what they imagined. That it's not terrifying.
BeautifulSleepI AmWritingChicken
My sets are not peaceful. It's a beautiful catastrophe. I am running around like a headless chicken. I don't sleep because I am writing. It's manic.
PeopleUnhappyPointDealtHitting
I was very unhappy at one point and dealt with my unhappiness by hitting people.
InequalityStartsWomb
Inequality starts in the womb.
I AmWeirdReallyAm
I am really weird.
LoveHerAdoreI Love
I love Issa Rae. I adore her.
WomenPeopleStartBlackPresent
In Britain, we need to start presenting the option of being a writer in front of black women. We need to present the idea of being a writer into poorer communities because the majority of black people in this country are working class. We need to let working-class people know that their voices are important.
WorkWomenLiveHistoryWriting
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