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And yet interracial relationships were a major plot point of both All In The Family and its spinoff The Jeffersons way back in the 1970s. And the topic was tre
by busterarm 3y ago
And yet interracial relationships were a major plot point of both All In The Family and its spinoff The Jeffersons way back in the 1970s. And the topic was treated with some level of seriousness, unlike what you would see today.
My own experiences in a mixed family looks a lot closer to how the topic was discussed back then then it's portrayed on TV now.
- add-sub-mul-div 3y agoYes both those things happened in the 1970s and they were such rare exceptions that they were a big deal and controversial and you're still citing them 50 years later. Now it's just a thing that happens and doesn't stand out as rare or controversial or serious/groundbreaking, (to most) which again is an improvement.
- busterarm 3y agoBut today's portrayal is totally unrealistic and sucks all the oxygen out of the room for having grounded discussions in public around the issue. I know very few people of mixed background where that isn't a source of family strife somewhere. I am not arguing that anyone should be against it but a) most people don't want their children to suffer, b) mixed children are still unfortunately almost guaranteed to encounter strife in their lives from their background, and c) those mixed children deserve the conversation in public rather than have their lives portrayed on TV as if they should be perfect when they aren't.