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Wanda Yvette Sykes (born March 7, 1964) is an American stand-up comedian, actress, and writer. She was first recognized for her work as a writer on The Chris Rock Show, for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award in 1999. In 2004, Entertainment Weekly named Sykes as one of the 25 funniest people in America. She is known for her recurring roles on CBS's The New Adventures of Old Christine (2006–10), and HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm (2001–2011). She received Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series nominations for her roles in ABC's Black-ish (2015–2022), and Amazon's The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2020). She stars in The Upshaws (2021–2026) on Netflix, a HBO Max comedy series, The Other Two (2019–2023), and The Good Fight (2021).

Quotes from Wanda Sykes

If you see a white man running, you think, He must be late for a meeting. When you see a black man running, you think, I'm calling the cops. Hey, somebody stop his black ass!

White criminals commit the biggest crimes. A brother might rob a bank. A white man will rob a pension fund. The brother is going to get ten to fifteen years because he had a gun. The white guy will get a Congressional hearing because he had a job and a nice suit.

I still say black. I say it because… African American… doesn't make your life any easier. You don't see black people… saying, "Oh yeah, African American. Man, I'll tell ya, this beats the hell outta being black."… You don't see any of us going into Bank of America [saying], "Excuse me, I'm here to pick up my loan."… You were rejected for that loan last week."… "I was black then. See, I'm African American now. I'll just go in the vault and take what I need.

America naming discrimination blackness

I walk past a little gangbanger, I don't even flinch. But I see a white dude with a Wall Street Journal, I haul ass.… Cutting through the projects, you might just lose what you have on you that day, but I ain't never been mugged of my future. No thug ever ran up on me: "Give me your 401(k).… I want your college fund, your ira. I want it all.