The whole “So-and-so did something offensive several decades ago, so now they’re not acceptable” is utter nonsense.
First, who cares? Most normal people mature, grow, and evolve mentally and emotionally over time (though maybe Leftists don’t? They’re stuck at a 5-year-old maturity level? Maybe). So someone normal might have been an idiot or an ass when they were a teen or in their twenties, but be a respectable person as a middle-aged adult.
Second, there’s a lot that’s considered “offensive” currently that wasn’t even worth mentioning just twenty, or even ten, years ago, to say nothing of forty years ago. At the time it was said, maybe the “racial slur” was just a somewhat-impolite way of talking about another ethnic group.
I imagine that most younger folks would spontaneously combust if they watched Eddie Murphy’s “Raw” performance, or Richard Pryor’s stuff. For that matter, I doubt most people know just how much Bill “Cliff Huxtable” Cosby fed off of stereotypes of blacks in his earlier comedy material. For younger people, Eddie Murphy is “Mushu” from the good version of “Mulan”, or some of his more well-known comedy movies (Beverly Hills Cop, Coming to America et al).
Well said.