On 2021-04-23 12:34 a.m., Sqwertz wrote:
> On Thu, 22 Apr 2021 23:17:10 -0400, Dave Smith wrote:
>
>> On 2021-04-22 10:38 p.m., Sqwertz wrote:
>>> On Wed, 21 Apr 2021 16:57:13 -0400, jmcquown wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 4/21/2021 10:27 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I started to worry for our society when I heard someone disparage All in
>>>>> the Family as being racist.Â* They were too out of touch with the real
>>>>> world to understand that Archie's racism wasÂ* being ridiculed.
>>>>>
>>>> It was satirical.
>>>
>>> Exactly. A much better word.
>>
>> Archie's racism was constantly being ridiculed by Mike and Gloria and
>> many of the other characters.
>
> It wasn't being ridiculed the way you suggested: "[people] were too
> out of touch with the real world to understand that Archie's racism
> wasÂ* being ridiculed". It was obvious it was being contested by
> other characters.
>


Yes. They were contesting his racism.... by ridiculing him. The fact
remains that the show was not racist. It was a satire on racism.