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RedheadedStranger » 04 Sep 2023, 6:30 pm » wrote: ↑

04 Sep 2023, 6:30 pm

The Sanford and Son theme song is my ringtone on my cell. People from my generation always get a kick out of it when they hear it, but most people under 30 have no idea what it is.

It's funny because it demonstrates a certain lack of understanding about racism between the generations. Shows like All in the Family and The Jeffersons actually improved race relations at the time (IMHO) because they often demonstrated the childish nature  and ridiculousness of being a racist. They basically made fun of the bigots.

Kids today see stuff like that as offensive, where our generation thought it was hilarious.

I came up during the 90s and graduated in 02. We didn't have all racial overtones or conflict due to skin pigmentation that is so prevalent today.  Looking in from the outside at my schools it may have seemed somewhat segregated but it wasn't.   My schools basically consisted of a racial dynamic of a ratio split down the middle. I know that is unheard of in most of the country but where I grew up all three school systems inside the county were similar in that ratio. .  The way people clicked up was more symptomatic of the different economic classes than a racial divide.  The blacks who lived in the country were clicked up with one another because they were neighbors and family. The Inner City black folks clicked up for the same reasons as well as the white kids.  Back then CNN's meal ticket was Nancy Grace and a missing white woman.Black people being murdered by cops or white people was not the bread maker for the major news networks just yet. They may have ran the story but it wasn't a constant news cycle.  If a racially motivated murdered occurred it was and made the headlines it was definitely a racially motivated murdered. . This was before don lemons , Rachel Maddie and al sharpton had half hour long segments building straw man arguments of racial inequity. This is before al sharpton got the aids and lost all his weight. B. I ain't going to lie al sharpton needs to eat a cheeseburger or something that mfer still freaks me out when I look at him .That guy looks like a tall oompa loompa from Willy and the Wonka factory.I'm actually  scared if I look at that mfer  I'll have nightmares. . .