A Quote by Kenya Barris

My wife is a doctor, and we had a decent life financially. My kids were going to nice schools and had nannies. We weren't rich, but we were better off than I was growing up. And I looked around, and I was like, 'Who are these people?' It was the opposite of what I remembered growing up.

Kenya Barris

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Kenya Barris
American - Producer
Born: August 9, 1974

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