Yes, I'm old enough to have seen the show when it aired in period. No, I don't think the show was self aware enough to have the nuance you are ascribing to it.

Yes, I'm old enough to have seen the show when it aired in period. No, I don't think the show was self aware enough to have the nuance you are ascribing to it. It was outright pandering to people who felt that saying "nignog" in public should still be allowed, and gave them a licence to do it by allowing a black man to say "honky" on TV occasionally. That the show was shite is neither here nor there.