As a black actor myself in theater, I 100% have the same philosophy. If I am offered a role that will make blacks "as a whole" degraded I don't take the part. Part of reason why people keep writing these degrading roles is because we keep taking them. Every black person isn't on crack, every black person isn't a gang member just like every white person isn't good. Whites gets roles that show their entire spectrum while the darkies get to be one thing. I refuse to play into that mess, the important thing is knowing when a role is degraded a whole race/culture vs a part that is written about a singular characters.