On Wed, 21 Apr 2021 10:27:38 -0400, Dave Smith wrote:

> On 2021-04-21 3:48 a.m., Jim Lahey wrote:
>> On Tue, 20 Apr 2021 23:58:42 -0700 (PDT), dsi1
>
>>>> I haven't seen All in the Family in years! I used to watch those reruns
>>>> with my grandparents. Is there anywhere that you can stream them now?
>>>
>>> I don't find that stuff funny
>
> I started to worry for our society when I heard someone disparage All in
> the Family as being racist. They were too out of touch with the real
> world to understand that Archie's racism was being ridiculed.

It wasn't being ridiculed, it was just one of the many issues of the
times being brought to life on the screen when other productions
considered them "Don't Even Go There". And the producers and writers
did it well.

Edith got raped, Michall was vegetarian, Archie got robbed, Michael
cheated on Gloria, Vietnam war, and whole slew of other touchy
subjects integrated, often comically, into a beloved comedy series
of the times.

And I'm sick of people overusing the word racist. Archie was a
prejudiced bigot - he didn't genuinely hate blacks or spics, he just
feared them.

George, OTOH, he was a racist ****er. He genuinely hated White
people. But it's commonly overlooked being called a racist since
he's black and he had more leeway. And the scripting was done well
to show that double-standard that blew over the heads of most
people.

The common misconception that "blacks can't be racist" is bullshit.
I hate to break it some of you - there ARE plenty of black racists,
and they are just as much fueling the issue as the worst of the
Whites. You can't be out calling people racists when you regularly
practice and advertise the same ideals yourself. It just feeds the
problem.

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-sw