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Larry Wilmore on defying stereotypes, building sprawling career

The Business

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The Fresh Prince of Bel Air

I love hearing my clothes. I do this to people on the regular and they're always like, oh my God, where did you find that? Well, this is part of that is a comment on what Hollywood was like for a long time. Black writer, you did not get to work on what I'll call white shows. You know, a white writer could work on any show, you know? Even though as a black writer, I knew more about white people in America thanwhite people in America knew about black lives in America. So that's where it began,. And so it began, right? Yes. "You've worked for these so many shows that are, I think

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