‘I look at the people I admire, I see a very, very vibrant culture’

The ideas for my series always come from frustration. There’s been a lot of reports that show Black people in a particular way. Don’t get me wrong, there’s a lot to sort out with gang violence and knife crime, but there seems to be a propensity by the media to present Black people and Black lives always in a way that is tragic. Yet when I look around me, I look at my family, I look at my children, I look at my parents, I look at my friends, I look at the people I admire, I see a very, very vibrant culture.

I tend to think of Black culture as like NBA basketball. The court we play on is not owned by us. The rules are not made up by us. And we