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To: ExiledChicagoan

Flip Wilson’s GERALDINE poked gentle fun at black women by emphasizing the stereotype aspects. It was funny but not demeaning and that is why Flip Wilson was so popular. Bill Cosby does the same kind of black humor: racial, emphasizing the stereotype aspects without condescension.

36 posted on 08/17/2009 8:31:55 AM PDT by Ev Reeman

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To: Ev Reeman

that is why Flip Wilson was so popular.
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With whites.

37 posted on 08/17/2009 8:33:17 AM PDT by ExiledChicagoan (I see a red door and I want it painted black. But that's just me.)

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