Also reflecting the racial attitudes of the time - Asian/Latino/Black residents were depicted - sometimes sympathetically but as a rule, as persons unfortunate

Also reflecting the racial attitudes of the time - Asian/Latino/Black residents were depicted - sometimes sympathetically but as a rule, as persons unfortunate to be the race that they were. A stark contrast to the current melting pot, much more integrated and diverse, and where you can see such ethnicities accepted as a given in society (police/law enforcement, prominent businessmen, cultural icons, and in top tiers of government at judges, politicians, etc)