[prisoner6]

In the 50’s one of my white, celtic heritage family’s favorite TV shows was Amos n Andy.

Today the public isn’t allowed to see the reruns on TV. It is frowned upon to even view clips privately.

Race relations took a dramatic tuurn for the worst in the late 50’s when “liberals” stepped in to “correct” things.

[Nepeta]

In the 50’s one of my white, celtic heritage family’s favorite TV shows was Amos n Andy.

Andy and the Kingfish were both buffoons--funny buffoons--but they lived in a universe of black Americans who worked and were thoroughly respectable. The series is a product of its time, but it has some positives. If you look at other series of that time, black people do not exist.

Watching the Honeymooners after 50 years was a shock, taking in the way Ralph physically threatens Alice--this is also reflective of its time, but the Honeymooners is considered a classic.