medieisme:

restlesstymes:

oh my god. Imagine being Whoopi and hearing that though.



Well, when I was nine years old Star Trek came on,“ Goldberg says. “I looked at it and I went screaming through the house, ‘Come here, mum, everybody, come quick, come quick, there’s a black lady on television and she ain’t no maid!’ I knew right then and there I could be anything I wanted to be.” - See more at: http://www.startrek.com/database_article/goldberg-whoopi#sthash.gKeuf3XI.dpuf



That’s three generations. Nichelle Nichols to Whoopi Goldberg to Leslie Jones.

Representation fucking matters.

