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Because after the last incident, i had children bussed in. When i think about the history of black television, i think about when black folks watch, we watch to zero in on us. Instead of making us celebrate your holidays, why dont you celebrate some of ours . What about tupacs birthday . And when you have so little, it means everything. All of those shows, they all matter so much. It feels like theres been more of an ebb and flow and an evolution. It is so important for us to have true authentic...

because after the last incident, i had children bussed in. - when i think about the history of black television, i think about when black folks watch, we watch to zero in on us. - instead of making us celebrate your holidays, why dont you celebrate some of ours? what about tupacs birthday? - and when you have so little, it means everything. all of those shows, they all matter so much. - it feels like theres been more of an ebb and flow and an evolution. - it is so important for us to h...

run, yasmine! run like the wind! ental music) - do you feel that there is not enough representation? because after the last incident, i had children bussed in. - when i think about the history of black television, i think about when black folks watch, we watch to zero in on us. - instead of making us celebrate your holidays, why dont you celebrate some of ours? what about tupacs birthday? - and when you have so little, it means everything. all of those shows, they all matter so much. -...

[roaring] [muffled shouting] - oh, my god, this is so terrible. [crowd weeping, coughing] - mister! mister! mister! [somber music] - [coughing] - we came from the 82nd floor, and i dont know where my parents are, i dont know-- i hope to god they okay. - i was standing next to one world trade center, and then all of a sudden i heard rumbling, and we all started running away from it. the glass, like, blew out and threw me onto the sidewalk. - i was thinking of going back to try and find people fro...

To be a consultant on the show. so when we would write out a storyline, wed send that off to dr. poussaint, and that would come back with all his notes on it, and alvin poussaint was the guy that grounded us to make sure that we were always representing this black family in the best light. - in the 1980s, "the cosby show" gave a vision of blackness that was comfortable. - were here to say goodbye to lamont goldfish. - the way that it conveyed blackness specifically was often quite subtle. it was...

I think its important. (mid-tempo r&b music) (muffled shouting) - "the cosby show" laid the groundwork for a lot of the sitcoms that we saw, and the most obvious is "a different world," which was a spinoff of the series, and it followed denise huxtable when she went off to hillman college. - oh, you must be our new roommate. - the first year was different. you had a white character named maggie, and you had a show about a college that, while it was a historically black college, it was not necess...

The legend, the comedian, the star. - i think we have to look at bill cosby. i dont think we should look away. i think we should look at all of it, the good, the bad, the ugly. i think its important. (mid-tempo r&b music) (muffled shouting) - "the cosby show" laid the groundwork for a lot of the sitcoms that we saw, and the most obvious is "a different world," which was a spinoff of the series, and it followed denise huxtable when she went off to hillman college. - oh, you must be our new roomma...

(upbeat music) (audience laughs) - and next thing you know, the number one show on television is an african american comedy. (laughs) (audience laughs) (muffled shouting) bill cosby was, to all of us, americas dad. "the cosby show" was, at its height, doing astronomically high numbers. (wesminster chime) it was that "mash" finale territory of just the biggest numbers youve ever seen on paper. (soft jazzy music) (audience applauds) - now, as far as who he is outside of the work, its not to be ign...

So when we would write out a storyline, wed send that off to dr. poussaint, and that would come back with all his notes on it, and alvin poussaint was the guy that grounded us to make sure that we were always representing this black family in the best light. - in the 1980s, "the cosby show" gave a vision of blackness that was comfortable. - were here to say goodbye to lamont goldfish. - the way that it conveyed blackness specifically was often quite subtle. it was in the art that was on the wall...

(wesminster chime) it was that "mash" finale territory of just the biggest numbers youve ever seen on paper. (soft jazzy music) (audience applauds) - now, as far as who he is outside of the work, its not to be ignored. - hes been controversial, absolutely. - [patrick] in 2018, bill cosby was convicted for drugging and violating a woman in 2004. - [female reporter] some 50 women have alleged similar sexual assaults. - the conviction was overturned and cosby was released, which, to him, was a vind...