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Why dodont you celebrate e some of ouours . What abobout tupacss birthd . And whwhen you havave so lilittle, it m means everyryt. Alall of thosese shows, they all m matter so m much. Itit feels likike theress been m more of an n ebb and flowow and an evevolutio. It i is so imporortant for s to h have true a authenticit. Why Wewe Always Ththe Only B Black Peoplple here . Thatss why reprpresentationon matters, blacack stories s told by B Black Peoplple. Im Tryingng To Tetell you somomething. [m[man] we setet the papace for sitit comedy. You hearar that, elilizabet . Im comiming to joinin ya, hon . Frfrom Sanforord And Son to thehe other blalack shows. What i is this . Loloved the j jeffersons. Monogrammemed shirt, brand nenew silk tieie. Is that a a tie . I i thought Yoyour Tonguee was hangnging out. Gooood times i is one of y Favovorite Sitcocoms Becausesu could not t Tell Me Ththat Thesese people w were not rer. Dynnomite uncle philil Fresh P Prince of b belai was grououndbreakiking for m. It was a d different Depiction N Of Black L life. Argh martinn Made Me Laugh S so much. Jeromeme in the hohouse clclear blackckish, insnsecure. Hey so m many shows s that are o w that Arere Killining it in raratings. Were liviving in a gogon age e of black t television, especialally when itit comes s to sitcomsms. Werre finally y starting o see e ourselves s represented in the w world. c Car Whooshehes Past Water S Sprays hell n no Upbeat T Music Upbpbeat Music c as timimes change,e, werre beginnining to see t s evevolution ofof black telelev. This is s rochester r van jojones. Hes s my butler. We fininally get t to see a a Realisticc Depictioion of ourseselves. Issasa, whats o on fleek . And the e only way that that t could be d done was Byby Changing G The Peope who wewere tellingng the stori. I donnt know whahat that me. I i know what t that shit t m. By puttingng more seatats e table fofor black ststorytelle, wrwriters, crereators direrec. And ththats a Bigig Differee In W what we sawaw before. [announcncer] The A Adventus Of Ozzzzie and hararriet, starring t the entiree nelsonon family. [annououncer] father knknows best. soaring i instrumentatal mus ththe Tv Landsdscape in ththes was Consnsidered Thehe goldenen age televevision. You would d have thesese gret shows likeke i love l lucy, classic c televisionon shows, bubut you didndnt have black rerepresentatition until l You Starteted seeing shows lilike beulahah. Cereal, mimiss alice . . [ernie] aamos n andndys the first t allblack k sitco. Mornrnin, andy. Y. Morninin, amos. [ernieie] but it w was boycototted by thehe naacp, and d after onlyly two seasoson 1953, the e show was c cancel. My p problem witith amos n andyy is that t there were no Blblack Writerers in thehe room, obvbviously. Ththat often c can lead to stereototypes. These shows mocking black voices, sortrt of Makingng Real Caricatureres of blackck lif. I learn a a lot of thihi. I jujust dont r retain em. So youou had Thesese Exampls of Blackck Representntation that werere not alwaways posite and Didid Not Alwaways Center Black K Life And C Culture in a wayay in which h we wanteded to see ouourselves. And these e were veryy much s shows that t were made to Allllay White F fears and to protetect white c comfort. Youre t Talking Abobout The E jim crow e era. And ive s seen ththe promiseded land. As the C Civil Righthts Movemement was kicicking up, Ththe Naacp Wawanted to shshowk people i in a differerent lig. Blblack peoplele were Goinino Collllege and Mamaking Money Anand Enteringng the middldle. Totook until 1 1968 for Ususo Hahave A Show W that was s sed asas a countererweight to o ss lilike beulahah and amosos n Whwhen I Thinknk about The Historory of blackck televisi, i i think of d diahann cararr. Shshe personifies the brilliane that has existed in black h hollywood. Julia prpremiered inin. The countrtry was in t the midsdst of increredible unrer. This is Riright Aroundnd the te that marartin lutherer king, jr. Was asassassinateded. Diahanann carroll l hersel, she dididnt feel l that it portrayeyed the Blacack Experie in a wayay that it shouldvve been porortrayed. Julia and d corey bakeker,s is my sisister, wandnda wagged. Hohow do you d do . Yoyoure a negegro lennnny didnt t tell me tha thats a all right, wand. Leonard dididnt tetell us you u arent. Shshe really f felt that t y werere presentining an image of the whihite negro. Bubut at the t time, i dididne bebecause thereres a black womaman on tv. Shees a nurse. E. Shes hehelping peopople. Diahanann carroll l was the ft Blblack Woman N to be nomimind for an e emmy for Heher Perfrformance Inin that show. Itit representnted the firt timeme that a Blblack Familylyt into the h homes of amamericas on a weeeekly basis. S. Itit did estabablish that t pr, and i was s very Plpleased Abouout that. u Upbeat Funknky Music the e success ofof the televen show julilia opened d the dr fofor redd foxoxx, who wasas s undergrounund comedy l legen. Thats t the money i i was Sasaving For M My Heart Opoper yoyou hear Thahat Elizabete . Im comiming to joinin ya, hon lolove Sanforord And Son. You give m Me The Firsrst Lie of a Sanfnford And Soson li, i i can finishsh it for yoy. For every y man, thereres a womaman. And for r every dummmmy, therees a dummy. Y. One of thehe creators sf Sanfoford And Sonon saw redddx in his actct and thougught that h he would bebe perfect for ththe series they werere gonna dodo, whicich was an a adaptationn of a b british sereries, steteptoe sonon. Sanford and son was a more authentic Show Becaususe of writeters like pl mooneyey and ilungnga adell. Redd andnd i said, you know w what . We n need to havave someme black wririters. What y you doing combing g your hair . R . Why does a anybody comoe theieir hair . Toto look neat. But you u just goingng to a. Pop, jusust because e i wok in j junk dont t mean i have to lolook like itit. Whenen we had whwhite write, theyey would wririte, iim gwan, gwan. We g gwan hit itit over der, and redddd said, hehey, hey,y, hey, hey,y, hey. You donnt need to o do tha. Write e words, andnd we, ththe characteters, will s say those w words the y blacack people s say those w w. Who you cacalling uglyly, . a Audience Lalaughs Upbeat Mumusic we s shot the pipilot Inin Septemberer Of 71, anand it just t went ththrough the e ceiling. Wewe didnt jujust usher in black s shows. We were Ththe Foundatition for r all the sisitcoms for the e next 25, 3 30 year. It just leled the way y tor sitcoms s like goodod times good Titimes Anytimeme You Needd Breakfasast is reready if youou hungry good titimes is onone of m my Favoritete Sitcoms because e i didnt r realize i i was watchihing a sitcoc. Gigive me one e good reason why y you marrieied me. You u was pregnanant. Ththat aint n nothing to joke ababout. Suppose e one of thehe kids ththat heard y you said thty was bornrn outta wededlock. Woululdnt botheher me non. Aududience Laugughs i i aint the e oldest. audience laughs ththey were aa twoparent black f family. Yoyou never hahad black men who o were integegral toto these hououseholds. Gooood times h had that. Good titimes Madee Historory because e it was ththe first Titime We Had Black K creators. All riright, Comee On Ovever here, lilionel. Michaeael evans, w who wasa guy fromom All In T The Famil hehe had Accesess To Normaman , and normanan lear toldld him to wririte somethihing, and e wrote sosomething wiwith eric m. Jujust to get t that chchance to prprove yes, we d deserve to o be here. I think ereric Monte A And Mike E Evans Proveved that. Dynnomite Upbeat Fufunky Music C Audieience Laughshs dynoomite. I know m might i didid a litte tiny Dynynamite Justst in rehea. John ricich, our dirirector, s, ii love thatat dynomitite. Heres h how you doo it. Dynnomite i saidid, john, p please, peoe willll never go o for this. Ththen jimmy w walkers character takes over, and ininstead of good time you enend up with h the dynnomite houour. Good titimes was a a microcososm of what t it is to produduce black t televisi. Eric m monte and m mike evevans were f forced toto partner w with a white showow runner. That r reflected a a dynamimic that we e see througughout the history y of black t tv, which h is having g black creatives s needing ththe cosn of a a White Pererson in order to m make their r thin, even thohough its b based inin the storiries they knkn. By s season two o of good t jojohn amos wawas complaining abouout how his characterr was not Bebeing Writteten in a v very authenentic way. Soso they saidid, tell yoyou. Why y dont we k kill him of, and welll all gett on with our liveves. Killeded in an aututo. My god so t that taughtht me a lesn thatat i wasnt t as importat as i i thought i i was to ththw or to normrman lears s plan. glass s shatters damn, dadamn, damn as g good as gogood times , it s still did n not resosonate with h everyone as to o how this Wasas A Charactcterizatin of blalack americaca. You had d Organizatitions Likeke the Blackck Pantherss Prpressuring N norman Leararo Hahad helped c Create Gooood To G give us somomething different,t, and with h that, he c came up witith Thehe Jeffersonons. I wearar the pantsts in this s family. And d when you z zip them up, includude your mououth. audience e laughs andnd appla eat music well, w were movinin on p movovin on upp t to the eastst side movinin on up Thehe Jeffersonons was an aspiratational showow. You u have the G Great Ththeme Song Sung by y janet dububois ababout movingng on up. Yoyou had a Didifferent Situatioion from gogood time whwhere its a a poor blacack f, toto a rich blblack familyly lg in a higighrise apapartment. Your f family stararted at z, and d look what t youve gotot, a lovely w wife, susuccessful b business, and a beauautiful aparartmen. Thats rigight, buddy. I dont t need you to tell meme that audience e laughs midtemempo r b mususic the Chcharacter Ofof George Jeffersoson was a Ririch Blackn who wawas unapologogetic aboutu, and thatat was very,y, Very Grgroundbreakiking In 19707. George j jefferson w with Ththe Walk Outut the bank k m, the hit t the cliff. F. Thatss how i walalk out the bank w when i makeke withdrawa. How abouout this . u Upbeat Funknky Music Audiencnce Laughs Isabelel Sanford W was realally a traililblazer. Weweezie, honeney. Dodont you weweezie honeye. In 198981, isabell sanforord, who plalays louis, Becacame The Firirst and still Onlyly Black Womoman toto win the e emmy for leld actrtress in a c comedy serir. At lasast. Audieience Laughshs and appla Marla Gibbbbs is everyrytho me. She e was a breaeakout st. Yoyou live in n this apapartment, r right . Uh huh. And d you got Anan Apartmet in thihis buildingng, too . Yes, t thats righght. Wellll, How Comeme We Ovovercame Andnd nobody totol . audience e laughs the e fights i h had with gee on the shohow was mostly prerewritten. Hohowever, he e and i woululd cp with Thingngs Sometimemes and Ththey Would K keep it. Florence, your cookikg taststes like dodog food. Audiencnce Laughs ththats caususe im cocooking for r a chihuahuh. Aududience Laugughs u Upbeat Musisic he and i i really hahad a chchemistry totogether. One of t the unique e thins about Thehe Jeffersonons is thahat it featutured the fit prprimetime ininterracial l co, the willisises. Geororge, if we hahave a problblem, why cant wewe just talklk it throh like tom a and helen . . Theyey dont figight. They donont fight Cause Y Scared T to fight. Whats Thahat Supposeded to . Yoyou know Damamn Wellll what it m means. If y you two evever really started d going at o one anoth, ininside of fifive minutese, hedd be callining you dont t say it nigga. He s said it cocoming out o of the 1960s loviving case, whwhich made i Interracialal Mas Legal L in the uninited state, you had d this Repreresentatin Of What T America could lookok like, off what a america couould be. Audieience Laughshs and appla i i beg your p pardon. Ill come e back laterer. The j jeffersonss was rereally grounundbreaking. Everythingng you do, do it cocool. Thatss it. [mararla] The Jeffersosons had sosomething for Everery Segment T of socie. Yeah. Gogovernment i is not thee solutionon to our prproblem. Governmement is the e proble. Americica was chananging. Youre i in the middddle of R Reaganomicscs and d trickle dodown economim. The Socialal Policicies of Thatat Era Wewere really y Splinterinig Blacack Familieses and the blblack commununity in t this countrtry. Inin the earlyly 1980s, the lalandscape Ofof Primetetime Televivision was dominanated by thehese hoururlong dramamas. Some o of them werere very gri. One of thehe things people w were all sasaying was the Cocomedy On Televisision was deaead. the bill c Cosby Showow Theme Sonong but then t theres Ththis Juggernrnaut of a shohow in the f form of a black fafamily comededy, and Itit Completelely Wewe Always Ththe Only B Black Peoplple<\/a> here . Thatss why reprpresentationon matters, blacack stories s told by B Black Peoplple<\/a>. Im Tryingng To Tetell<\/a> you somomething. [m[man] we setet the papace for sitit comedy. You hearar that, elilizabet . Im comiming to joinin ya, hon . Frfrom Sanforord And Son<\/a> to thehe other blalack shows. What i is this . Loloved the j jeffersons. Monogrammemed shirt, brand nenew silk tieie. Is that a a tie . I i thought Yoyour Tonguee<\/a> was hangnging out. Gooood times i is one of y Favovorite Sitcocoms Becausesu<\/a> could not t Tell Me Ththat Thesese<\/a> people w were not rer. Dynnomite uncle philil Fresh P Prince<\/a> of b belai was grououndbreakiking for m. It was a d different Depiction N Of Black L<\/a> life. Argh martinn Made Me Laugh S<\/a> so much. Jeromeme in the hohouse clclear blackckish, insnsecure. Hey so m many shows s that are o w that Arere Killining<\/a> it in raratings. Were liviving in a gogon age e of black t television, especialally when itit comes s to sitcomsms. Werre finally y starting o see e ourselves s represented in the w world. c Car Whooshehes Past<\/a> Water S Sprays<\/a> hell n no Upbeat T Music<\/a> Upbpbeat Music<\/a> c as timimes change,e, werre beginnining to see t s evevolution ofof black telelev. This is s rochester r van jojones. Hes s my butler. We fininally get t to see a a Realisticc Depictioion<\/a> of ourseselves. Issasa, whats o on fleek . And the e only way that that t could be d done was Byby Changing G The Peope<\/a> who wewere tellingng the stori. I donnt know whahat that me. I i know what t that shit t m. By puttingng more seatats e table fofor black ststorytelle, wrwriters, crereators direrec. And ththats a Bigig Differee In W<\/a> what we sawaw before. [announcncer] The A Adventus Of Ozzzzie<\/a> and hararriet, starring t the entiree nelsonon family. [annououncer] father knknows best. soaring i instrumentatal mus ththe Tv Landsdscape<\/a> in ththes was Consnsidered Thehe<\/a> goldenen age televevision. You would d have thesese gret shows likeke i love l lucy, classic c televisionon shows, bubut you didndnt have black rerepresentatition until l You Starteted<\/a> seeing shows lilike beulahah. Cereal, mimiss alice . . [ernie] aamos n andndys the first t allblack k sitco. Mornrnin, andy. Y. Morninin, amos. [ernieie] but it w was boycototted by thehe naacp, and d after onlyly two seasoson 1953, the e show was c cancel. My p problem witith amos n andyy is that t there were no Blblack Writerers<\/a> in thehe room, obvbviously. Ththat often c can lead to stereototypes. These shows mocking black voices, sortrt of Makingng Real Caricatureres<\/a> of blackck lif. I learn a a lot of thihi. I jujust dont r retain em. So youou had Thesese Exampls<\/a> of Blackck Representntation<\/a> that werere not alwaways posite and Didid Not Alwaways Center Black K Life And C Culture<\/a> in a wayay in which h we wanteded to see ouourselves. And these e were veryy much s shows that t were made to Allllay White F<\/a> fears and to protetect white c comfort. Youre t Talking Abobout The E<\/a> jim crow e era. And ive s seen ththe promiseded land. As the C Civil Righthts Movemement<\/a> was kicicking up, Ththe Naacp Wawanted<\/a> to shshowk people i in a differerent lig. Blblack peoplele were Goinino Collllege<\/a> and Mamaking Money Anand Enteringng<\/a> the middldle. Totook until 1 1968 for Ususo Hahave A Show W<\/a> that was s sed asas a countererweight to o ss lilike beulahah and amosos n Whwhen I Thinknk<\/a> about The Historory<\/a> of blackck televisi, i i think of d diahann cararr. Shshe personifies the brilliane that has existed in black h hollywood. Julia prpremiered inin. The countrtry was in t the midsdst of increredible unrer. This is Riright Aroundnd<\/a> the te that marartin lutherer king, jr. Was asassassinateded. Diahanann carroll l hersel, she dididnt feel l that it portrayeyed the Blacack Experie<\/a> in a wayay that it shouldvve been porortrayed. Julia and d corey bakeker,s is my sisister, wandnda wagged. Hohow do you d do . Yoyoure a negegro lennnny didnt t tell me tha thats a all right, wand. Leonard dididnt tetell us you u arent. Shshe really f felt that t y werere presentining an image of the whihite negro. Bubut at the t time, i dididne bebecause thereres a black womaman on tv. Shees a nurse. E. Shes hehelping peopople. Diahanann carroll l was the ft Blblack Woman N<\/a> to be nomimind for an e emmy for Heher Perfrformance Inin<\/a> that show. Itit representnted the firt timeme that a Blblack Familylyt<\/a> into the h homes of amamericas on a weeeekly basis. S. Itit did estabablish that t pr, and i was s very Plpleased Abouout<\/a> that. u Upbeat Funknky Music<\/a> the e success ofof the televen show julilia opened d the dr fofor redd foxoxx, who wasas s undergrounund comedy l legen. Thats t the money i i was Sasaving For M My Heart Opoper<\/a> yoyou hear Thahat Elizabete<\/a> . Im comiming to joinin ya, hon lolove Sanforord And Son<\/a>. You give m Me The Firsrst Lie<\/a> of a Sanfnford And Soson<\/a> li, i i can finishsh it for yoy. For every y man, thereres a womaman. And for r every dummmmy, therees a dummy. Y. One of thehe creators sf Sanfoford And Sonon<\/a> saw redddx in his actct and thougught that h he would bebe perfect for ththe series they werere gonna dodo, whicich was an a adaptationn of a b british sereries, steteptoe sonon. Sanford and son was a more authentic Show Becaususe<\/a> of writeters like pl mooneyey and ilungnga adell. Redd andnd i said, you know w what . We n need to havave someme black wririters. What y you doing combing g your hair . R . Why does a anybody comoe theieir hair . Toto look neat. But you u just goingng to a. Pop, jusust because e i wok in j junk dont t mean i have to lolook like itit. Whenen we had whwhite write, theyey would wririte, iim gwan, gwan. We g gwan hit itit over der, and redddd said, hehey, hey,y, hey, hey,y, hey. You donnt need to o do tha. Write e words, andnd we, ththe characteters, will s say those w words the y blacack people s say those w w. Who you cacalling uglyly, . a Audience Lalaughs<\/a> Upbeat Mumusic<\/a> we s shot the pipilot Inin Septemberer Of<\/a> 71, anand it just t went ththrough the e ceiling. Wewe didnt jujust usher in black s shows. We were Ththe Foundatition<\/a> for r all the sisitcoms for the e next 25, 3 30 year. It just leled the way y tor sitcoms s like goodod times good Titimes Anytimeme<\/a> You Needd Breakfasast<\/a> is reready if youou hungry good titimes is onone of m my Favoritete Sitcoms<\/a> because e i didnt r realize i i was watchihing a sitcoc. Gigive me one e good reason why y you marrieied me. You u was pregnanant. Ththat aint n nothing to joke ababout. Suppose e one of thehe kids ththat heard y you said thty was bornrn outta wededlock. Woululdnt botheher me non. Aududience Laugughs<\/a> i i aint the e oldest. audience laughs ththey were aa twoparent black f family. Yoyou never hahad black men who o were integegral toto these hououseholds. Gooood times h had that. Good titimes Madee Historory<\/a> because e it was ththe first Titime We Had Black K<\/a> creators. All riright, Comee On Ovever<\/a> here, lilionel. Michaeael evans, w who wasa guy fromom All In T The Famil<\/a> hehe had Accesess To Normaman<\/a> , and normanan lear toldld him to wririte somethihing, and e wrote sosomething wiwith eric m. Jujust to get t that chchance to prprove yes, we d deserve to o be here. I think ereric Monte A And Mike E<\/a> Evans Proveved<\/a> that. Dynnomite Upbeat Fufunky Music C<\/a> Audieience Laughshs<\/a> dynoomite. I know m might i didid a litte tiny Dynynamite Justst<\/a> in rehea. John ricich, our dirirector, s, ii love thatat dynomitite. Heres h how you doo it. Dynnomite i saidid, john, p please, peoe willll never go o for this. Ththen jimmy w walkers character takes over, and ininstead of good time you enend up with h the dynnomite houour. Good titimes was a a microcososm of what t it is to produduce black t televisi. Eric m monte and m mike evevans were f forced toto partner w with a white showow runner. That r reflected a a dynamimic that we e see througughout the history y of black t tv, which h is having g black creatives s needing ththe cosn of a a White Pererson<\/a> in order to m make their r thin, even thohough its b based inin the storiries they knkn. By s season two o of good t jojohn amos wawas complaining abouout how his characterr was not Bebeing Writteten<\/a> in a v very authenentic way. Soso they saidid, tell yoyou. Why y dont we k kill him of, and welll all gett on with our liveves. Killeded in an aututo. My god so t that taughtht me a lesn thatat i wasnt t as importat as i i thought i i was to ththw or to normrman lears s plan. glass s shatters damn, dadamn, damn as g good as gogood times , it s still did n not resosonate with h everyone as to o how this Wasas A Charactcterizatin<\/a> of blalack americaca. You had d Organizatitions Likeke<\/a> the Blackck Pantherss Prpressuring N<\/a> norman Leararo Hahad<\/a> helped c Create Gooood To G<\/a> give us somomething different,t, and with h that, he c came up witith Thehe Jeffersonons<\/a>. I wearar the pantsts in this s family. And d when you z zip them up, includude your mououth. audience e laughs andnd appla eat music well, w were movinin on p movovin on upp t to the eastst side movinin on up Thehe Jeffersonons<\/a> was an aspiratational showow. You u have the G Great Ththeme Song Sung<\/a> by y janet dububois ababout movingng on up. Yoyou had a Didifferent Situatioion<\/a> from gogood time whwhere its a a poor blacack f, toto a rich blblack familyly lg in a higighrise apapartment. Your f family stararted at z, and d look what t youve gotot, a lovely w wife, susuccessful b business, and a beauautiful aparartmen. Thats rigight, buddy. I dont t need you to tell meme that audience e laughs midtemempo r b mususic the Chcharacter Ofof<\/a> George Jeffersoson<\/a> was a Ririch Blackn<\/a> who wawas unapologogetic aboutu, and thatat was very,y, Very Grgroundbreakiking In<\/a> 19707. George j jefferson w with Ththe Walk Outut<\/a> the bank k m, the hit t the cliff. F. Thatss how i walalk out the bank w when i makeke withdrawa. How abouout this . u Upbeat Funknky Music<\/a> Audiencnce Laughs<\/a> Isabelel Sanford W<\/a> was realally a traililblazer. Weweezie, honeney. Dodont you weweezie honeye. In 198981, isabell sanforord, who plalays louis, Becacame The Firirst<\/a> and still Onlyly Black Womoman<\/a> toto win the e emmy for leld actrtress in a c comedy serir. At lasast. Audieience Laughshs<\/a> and appla Marla Gibbbbs<\/a> is everyrytho me. She e was a breaeakout st. Yoyou live in n this apapartment, r right . Uh huh. And d you got Anan Apartmet<\/a> in thihis buildingng, too . Yes, t thats righght. Wellll, How Comeme We Ovovercame Andnd<\/a> nobody totol . audience e laughs the e fights i h had with gee on the shohow was mostly prerewritten. Hohowever, he e and i woululd cp with Thingngs Sometimemes<\/a> and Ththey Would K<\/a> keep it. Florence, your cookikg taststes like dodog food. Audiencnce Laughs<\/a> ththats caususe im cocooking for r a chihuahuh. Aududience Laugughs<\/a> u Upbeat Musisic<\/a> he and i i really hahad a chchemistry totogether. One of t the unique e thins about Thehe Jeffersonons<\/a> is thahat it featutured the fit prprimetime ininterracial l co, the willisises. Geororge, if we hahave a problblem, why cant wewe just talklk it throh like tom a and helen . . Theyey dont figight. They donont fight Cause Y Scared T<\/a> to fight. Whats Thahat Supposeded<\/a> to . Yoyou know Damamn Wellll<\/a> what it m means. If y you two evever really started d going at o one anoth, ininside of fifive minutese, hedd be callining you dont t say it nigga. He s said it cocoming out o of the 1960s loviving case, whwhich made i Interracialal Mas Legal L<\/a> in the uninited state, you had d this Repreresentatin Of What T America<\/a> could lookok like, off what a america couould be. Audieience Laughshs<\/a> and appla i i beg your p pardon. Ill come e back laterer. The j jeffersonss was rereally grounundbreaking. Everythingng you do, do it cocool. Thatss it. [mararla] The Jeffersosons<\/a> had sosomething for Everery Segment T<\/a> of socie. Yeah. Gogovernment i is not thee solutionon to our prproblem. Governmement is the e proble. Americica was chananging. Youre i in the middddle of R Reaganomicscs<\/a> and d trickle dodown economim. The Socialal Policicies<\/a> of Thatat Era Wewere<\/a> really y Splinterinig Blacack Familieses<\/a> and the blblack commununity in t this countrtry. Inin the earlyly 1980s, the lalandscape Ofof Primetetime Televivision<\/a> was dominanated by thehese hoururlong dramamas. Some o of them werere very gri. One of thehe things people w were all sasaying was the Cocomedy On Televisision<\/a> was deaead. the bill c Cosby Showow Theme Sonong<\/a> but then t theres Ththis Juggernrnaut<\/a> of a shohow in the f form of a black fafamily comededy, and Itit Completelely<\/a> Reinvivigorates Ththe<\/a> sitcom g. I amam your fathther. I i brought yoyou in this s wd and ill t take you ouout. Audieience Laughshs<\/a> Sofoft Upbeat M Music<\/a> the c cosby showw absoluty Creaeated A Phenenomenon<\/a> of mustsesee tv. The c cosby showw is consr the e pinnacle b black sitco. Gives s you a blacack family thatats not jusust incrcredibly tigight knit. Liststen. Lets s put on sosome music round herer. It was a also a Famimily That W<\/a> was Doing V Very Wewell<\/a> for thehemselves, that was u upper Middldle Clasass<\/a> where Fafamily Values<\/a> in the mosost Traditioional F Sesenses<\/a> was a a core of t the. Mr. Cosby y brought in dr. A Alvin Poussssaint<\/a> toto be a consnsultant on n the. So when n we would write ouout a storylyline, wewed send ththat off to dr. Pououssaint, and that w would come e back wiwith all Hisis Notes On N<\/a> , and Alvivin Poussainint<\/a> was they that g grounded usus to mamake sure ththat we were a always reprpresenting this Blalack Familyy<\/a> in the besest light. In the 1 1980s, Thehe Cosby Y Show<\/a> Gaveve A Vision<\/a> of Blalackness Thahat<\/a> was cocomfortable. E. Were e here to Sasay Goododbye<\/a> to lamamont goldfif. The way y that it coconveyd blackness s Specificalally Wawas<\/a> often ququite subtlel. Itit was in ththe art that was o on the walllls. It was i in the Musisic Thatat<\/a> was beingng played. It w was in the e Sweatshirts Thatat<\/a> they worere refererencing a hihistoricaly black k college. Cosby dodoesnt comeme onc when t theyre at t their heig. He comeses on when theyre e in the dumumps. Fight, f fight Upbeat Mumusic<\/a> a Audience Lalaughs<\/a> and nextxt thing youou kno, the Numberer One Showw<\/a> On Telelevision<\/a> is an Afafrican Amererican<\/a> comemedy. laughghs audience e laughs Muffleded Shouting<\/a> g bill c cosby was, to all of us, amemericas dadad. Tthe cosby s show wawas, at its s height, doing Asastronomicalally Highgh<\/a> numbers. Wesmiminster Chimime<\/a> it wasas that masash finalele Territoryry Ofof<\/a> just the e biggest nunums youve evever seen on n pape. Soft Jazzzzy Music<\/a> Audiencnce Applaudsds<\/a> now, a as far as w who he isis outside o of the workr, itits not to o be ignorede. Hes b been cocontroversiaial, absolutut. [patrick] ] in 2018, bill cosbyby was convivicted for druggiging and violating g a woman inin 200. [femalale reporterer] someme 50 womenn have alllleged simililar sexualal assaults. S. The conviciction was o overd and cosbsby was released, which, to him, was a Vindication Becaususe<\/a> he always had maintained his innocence. Soso how do wewe celebrate bill c cosbys legegacy . Itit has been n hard. Itits been didifficult toto ree the man n versus thehe myth, the lelegend, thee comedidian, the ststar. I i think we h have to look at bibill cosby. I donnt think Wewe Shouldld<\/a> look awayay. I think k We Shouldd Look A<\/a> at all of i it, the gogood, the babad, the ug. I think itits importatant. m midtempo r r b music Mufflfled Shoutining<\/a> The Cosbyby Show<\/a> laid the G Groundworkk<\/a> for r a lot of t the sitctcoms that w we saw, and d the most o obvious isis a differerent world,d which Wawas A Spinofoff Of T<\/a> the series,s, and it f followed dedenise huxte whenen she went t off toto hillman c college. Ohoh, you mustst be ouour new roomommate. The firsrst year wasas differ. You u had a whitite characacter named d maggie, and you u had a showow about t a college e that, whwhile it wasas a histstorically b black collel, it wasas not necesessarily bla. I k know my pararents love e in the second seasonon of a didifferent woworld, it Becamame A Wholee<\/a> differerent televivision sho. I know w my Parentsts Lovede<\/a> [ernie] brbrought inin debbie alallen. Theyey called meme to come in and makake it relevevant, and d when i gotot there, i id gogone to howaward universrs, so i didnnt have to o go on a a field tririp to see what a h historicalllly blacack college e was. I i had lived d it. Debbie allllen is a trtrail. Shshe really b brought thee Authenentic Hbcu E<\/a> experience To T Television N<\/a> while Manang To T Tackle Seririous Issues Likeke<\/a> racism Anand Sexixism<\/a> and cololorism but also g giving us f fun, lilighthearteded comedy in a a way that t inspired me to gogo to an hbcbcu. They e explored ththe frataternities, the sororiri. Chaharacters Chcheer<\/a> u Upbeat Funknky Music<\/a> it was a an exact paparallel to what Mymy Experiencnce<\/a> was at howoward. A a memorable e episode was the e la riots. Whwhitley justst got mamarried to d dwayne. They w were going g to take their hohoneymoon inin la, anand the riotots happenede. Upbeat T Music<\/a> Objects C Clatter<\/a> hehey, hey, hehey i i remember b being cacalled in byby the netwowo. They were e upset Becacause Wewe<\/a> had whitete looters. Anand so what t did we do . . Talked rososeanne and d Tom Ard Into P<\/a> Playing Thehe<\/a> white looters, a and we reshshot i. Mymy feet are e killing me i toldld you to steal sosome shoes. They were e happy thene. You all knknow that winning g is not eveverythin. Thatss right bubut it so fefeel good Charactcters Cheer<\/a> r midttempo r b m music the Rereal Legacy Y<\/a> of a d different w world is thahat we triplpled the E Enrollmentnt<\/a> of histotorically blblack colle. That s show still l stands the test o of time. Sofoft Etherealal Music<\/a> youre probably not easily persuaded to switch mobile providers for your business. But what if we told you its possible that comcast Business Mobile<\/a> can save you up to 75 a year on your wireless bill versus the big three carriers . Did we peak your interest . You can get two unlimited lines for just 30 each a month. There are no Term Contracts<\/a> or line activation fees. And you can bring your own device. Oh, and all on the most reliable 5g Mobile Network<\/a> nationwide. Wireless that works for you. Its not just possible, its happening. Sic Uplififting Musicic<\/a> the success of The Cosby Show<\/a> did hit so big that suddenly, all the networks are b back in the s sitcom busisiness, N The Blacack<\/a> sitcom b busines. Ffamily matttters every week l literally j just madede you crackck up and lal. No, i gogot it. No, no, i got it. No, no dont,t, dont, dodont, ste glass s shatters did i i do that . a Audience Lalaughs<\/a> i i just feel l like i i was so lucucky to grow w up in a titime with u. A peckck near the e lip ara would spspeed me on n my way. a Audience Lalaughs<\/a> so would a a left hooko. audience e laughs ooooh, i love e it when she getsts physical. L. Winslolows are a l loving Afafrican Amererican<\/a> familiy that l live in thehe chicago a. Father, carl winslslow, was a. Famamily matterers was s my very fifirst job. I i was one ofof three blalack s in a big r room of maybe 10, 12 writersrs. In 1994,4, Family Matters<\/a> h had an Episisode Cacalled<\/a> goodod cop, bad d c eddie winsnslow, The T Teenage<\/a> , comes backck from a rereally Upupsetting Enencounter<\/a> Wiwith A Policice<\/a> officer. I was s Driving Alalong<\/a> miminded My Owown Businesss<\/a> when thehe Cops Pulllled<\/a> me ov i remembmber the scecene, ad it was v very difficicult to. Then he mamade Me Get T Oa The Car Anand Lie Facece<\/a> dow then he cucuffed me thats u unusual Prorocedue Ununless<\/a> you p provoked iti. The ideaea that the E Black Fafather Wouldld<\/a> tell his s bla, youou mustve p Provoked Ththp<\/a> if You Werere Treated D<\/a> badly just didid not sit w well with. I had to s say, i donont think k that blackck father would d say that t to his blblack son. I i thought whwhat i went t th tonight t with the w worst thg thats e ever happenened to me,e, but i wasas wrong. Not t having my y own father believeve me is eveven worse. I rememberer the showrwrur getting vevery angry, wonderining if I Wasas Sayingng He<\/a> was raracist, and i Rememember Realilizing At T<\/a> that momentnt, as b black people, our desesie toto depict Auauthentic Vevers<\/a> Ofof Ourselveses<\/a> is Alalways Negototiated<\/a> because e if im notot here, ththen this whwhole room i is , and Ththen Charactcters<\/a> who lk like m me will havave no one who lolooks like t them toto speak theheir truth. upbeat t Funky Musisic<\/a> back to l life thereres yet ananother Big Shake E Up<\/a> in the e tv landsce when hip h hop meets r rodeo dr. [malale reporterer] it isis called rarap music. Theyey keep sayiying its a. Rap p music is n not a fad. In fact,t, Rap Is Onone Of E<\/a> largest t grossing f forms Ofof Music On N<\/a> the chartst. Quincycy jones rerecognized t that Hip Hohp Wawas<\/a> Gonna Chchange Amerira<\/a> parents j just dodont undersrstand and that w will smith h was gogonna be parart of that. Hey, unclele phil oh Aududience Laugughs<\/a> this is a a story alall about Hohow M My Life Gotot<\/a> flipped turned U Upside Downwn<\/a> will smimith was a r rappe. Yeahah, yeah, yeyeah. Hehe had albumums. Anand then eveven the stararg of t the show wawas amazing. It had a a storylinene you cacan follow as t the creditsts were goin. Of f a town calalled belar willll happened d to be in. He wasas at a partrty at ququincy jonesess house. Will neverer really acacted bebefore in hihis life. The ononly kind ofof auditin i had d was quincycys birthd. He said,d, so herees the de. Everybodody that neeeeds to says fofor this shohow is sittitint in t that Livingng Room<\/a> right now,w, waiting f for you. And i thohought, gimme 1010 minutes. And d hes like,e, all righ, yalall, auditioion in 10 mimi auditionon in 10 mininutes oh yo,o, the planene ride wasas stupid i wawas up in fifirst class. Excucuse me . No, im m saying the plane e was dope. I i was sittining in the f f excuse m me . 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Hip hopop music You Likike It<\/a> ccause you d dos it Fresh P Prince<\/a> of belairr became onone of these l Landmark Blblack<\/a> sits that y youre gonnnna look at 100 yeyears from n now sayin, this s is one of f the ones that chahanged thingngs, pssh. And still l is relevanant. Jazzy Scrcreams<\/a> audience e laughs in the 90s0s, there Waws One Shshow<\/a> that epepitomized what i it was to b be young,g, funny, anand black, and d that show w was martit martin l lawrence isis a stanandup comedian, and the e Martin S Show<\/a> was based onon all of ththe thins that he wowould talk about ononstage. Wassupup . Hellll no yoyou wants toto stomp with the b big dog People Reaeally<\/a> seem to gravivitate to hihim. Jeromemes in the e house cauause it was s raw. I said d jeromes i in the hohouehouehehouse hehe played atat least 1010 differentnt characteres within t the sitcom,m, and Yoyou Believeded<\/a> them all. How you alall doing . audience e laughs partys s my middle e name go, gina, go, gina whatss happeningng, baby . Mamartin lawrerence was the one e who said c comedy has s y ofof Bringing G Light<\/a> into this s dark worldld. Blblack peoplele, we do hahave this Waway Of Lalaughing At T<\/a> our strugggg. He embodieies that. Glalass Shatterers<\/a> Mamama Payne Whwhimpers<\/a> damnmn, damn, damn damamn, gina i is said to me 100 0 times a daday. [unison] a aw, damn i Loveved Martin<\/a> and ginanas romancece, paparticularlyly because i t was s the first t time i sasaw a Young G Black Coupue<\/a> in love onon televisioion. Grab m my ears . Aududience Laugughs<\/a> u Upbeat Funknky Music<\/a> wewe didnt ththink that We Werere Gonna Makake The Impat<\/a> that w we made. Gigirl, your h hair is so o , wiwilson couldldnt pick i. Rerecently, meme, tichina,ad mamartin had g gone to lunun, and we werere all likeke, Canan You Belieieve<\/a> this . 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Yoyou get a grgroup of Quirky Womomen<\/a> Livingg Acacross<\/a> from m quirky memen, two dududes. Upbeaeat Jazzy Mumusic<\/a> [male e reporter]] later totoday on opoprah, Lonenely Women W<\/a> who waste t r lilives watchihing televisis. Ththere was a a big twitter beef a a little whwhile ago whwhen the genentleman who playeded ross saidid, they shouould do Likeke A Blacack Friendsds Sometime<\/a> and, h honey, blacack twitter went i in because e he was just b blissfully y unawae it had a already beeeen done. Now davivid Schwimmemer Saidid<\/a> that his s comment was taken n out of conontext. He s said, i amam aware that therere was a Shohow Calllled<\/a> Livingng Single<\/a> on the a air before e us. Evenen though wewe were a a black shohow, we were a a show that t is absosolutely relelatable, and yes,s, i still g get Thosose Residualal<\/a> checks. Thank you. U. Youre wewelcom. Jazazzy Music<\/a> i im gonna b Be Successfsl<\/a> [male repoporter] fubuu means s for us by y us. Fufubu. [fememale reportrter] blacs are wawatching morore tv, 70 hoursrs a week, s say the e nielsen nunumbers. These Nenetworks Undnderstad<\/a> that when n theyre trtrying to Getet A Footholold<\/a> in thehe industry,y, the firsrst thing ththey Do S Go To Anan Underservrved<\/a> Audiee Becacause<\/a> they c can get a lot of e eyeballs. In t the 1990s, you hahad all thesese fledglig networorks coming g up, upn, t , who were s Specificalllly Targrgeting<\/a> blacack audience. [man over r loudspeakek] attetention, statars at the e. Black acactors, blacack creats ato shohoot their s shot. U unforgettabable Aududience Laugughs<\/a> Upbeat T Music<\/a> he used d to hang wiwith me witith me and m my band, the high t tops, perfoform for r the queen n of england. I lolove that Enentire Erera<\/a> of televevision, the shshow, sisteter, siste, half f half, smartrt guy, onone on one,e, wayans s brothers, ccause I Lititerally Saww Myselflf<\/a> in those e character. Mmoesha wasas something that i i wanted toto do becacause i wantnted to see e ay about a a black teenenage gir, and i didid not see e that on. She dodont know w who i amy now. S she better r ask somebo [uninison] baby y mmoesha Wasas My Firstt<\/a> staff f writing jojob. It wasas a groundbdbreaking ti. It w was a placece where wewe all belononged. Itit was a plalace that yoyou d actually l launch a drdream. They introduced Nikkkki Parkrker On The E<\/a> last episoe of moeshaha, which w was te pipilot for tthe parkersr on this s slot, it w was moes the p parkers, the wawayans broththers. So c can you imamagine what tt parkrking lot lolooked like, sound d like, and d smelled li. It was i incredible. E. And d while someme of these shows s may be popopular in Africican Americacan<\/a> househo, Ththey May Notot<\/a> have enouoh crosossover appepeal to survr. So yououve got upupn, and d youve gotot the wb. They come e together t to cree ththe cw. Beauautiful, rigig . Not if y youre a blblack sitc. Blacack shows didisappear. We felelt the Shifift Of Ththe<\/a> shows trtrickling awaw. Some of f the hits started d coming inn that w were more l like smallllville, ggilmore gir you only h have so Manany Hoururs<\/a> you progogram. Sosomething hahas to give. And they j just cancelele. Everybody y was just, oh, wewere done. Thanks. I i will neverer forgive te cw f for what ththey did to o. Ththey really y had a goodod. We didid get greatat writers like Marara Brock Akakil<\/a> anand kenya babarris out o of. Mara wenent from writing fofor moeshaa Toto Creating G The Influeuenl<\/a> sitcom gigirlfriends. S. Hey, girirl. Hehey the e vision i h had for r girlfrienends is i wananted to dococument or existetence as blalack women. I was a a big fan ofof sex a and the citity, and d i appreciaiated that it wasnnt centereded aroundnd a mans o opinion about how w women werere. Ill b be on my way and d leave youu to y your hot lelesbian actit. Wewe were tryiying to figue out t if we coululd have it t. All Mymy Black Gigirlfriend Were W Wondering T<\/a> that, too. We wanted d it all. We wanteted it all. Upbeat Mumusic<\/a> b Bernie Whisistles<\/a> give me a a chance. men l laugh ill take e wb. Ill t take u. Illll take usa. A. By the e early 2000s0s, networorks are onlnly looking for bibig name Blalack Comedis<\/a> to heaeadline theieir shows. When you t talk aboutt the berninie mac showow, you u get a slicice of life, of afrfrican amerirican life. Yeah, mymy sisters s on dru. What a am i suppososed to do . Allow thesese three kikids to gogo to some f foster homem . You u dont knowow what youe Getttting Yourseself<\/a> into. I dididnt wannana come ino americicas Livingng Room<\/a>. I wawanted to brbring america intoto mine. Ththis is my h house. Bernrnie had a v very clear a of t the kind ofof show he w w. Bebernie mac g goes, yyou know, r reggie . Of allll the peoplple in hollllywood, Youou Get Berninie<\/a> maam, donont do that. Thisis is my carar. Im trtrying to tetell you u something. G. Mymy Goal Workrking<\/a> on thehew as a direcector, as a a produr was to makake sure Berernie Mamac<\/a> stayed b bernie mac. horn blblows u Upbeat Funknky Music<\/a> i dodont mean t to toot my own hororn, americaca, bubut bernie m macs geniui. Im ovoverwhelmed,d, as you. The first t time in thte morere than 2000year histoy of this cocountry, an Africican Americacan<\/a> will bebe the chiefef executivev. How far we havave come. America hahas changed d Te Point Now W<\/a> where blackish is telliling these unapologetetically blalack stor. Ththey have ththat freedomom be we have e changed asas a cultu. [andre] sosometimes i i l likeke a bit of f an oddity. And if y you look toto your l, youllll see the m mythical and majejestic blackck famil. It talalks about t the so called posostracial v versin laughs o of being blblack. The wholole show begegins, sa, we moveved to a white neigighborhood, Bubut We Stillll<\/a> got to hold on toto our cultuture. This is s our culturure. Thisis aint ourur culture. We b black, not t african. Africansns dont eveven like. Dad, canan i go . There e was a Lot T Of Convnversation<\/a> a about whwhat to callll it. Bblackish was the preferred d title, and ththe creator r Kenya Rereally Suppoported<\/a> and felt like sets off a little bit of a firestorm, and d you get Pepeople Tatalking Abouout<\/a> it. Youve g got a man w whos Gt His Famimily<\/a> at a crcrossroad. I care ababout black k histoy and cultlture and ouour root. I donnt want thehem to notot be black. K. I dodont want t them to only be blblackish. From now o on, we willl be blalack out lououd. Blalackish hahad a Epepisode Calllled<\/a> juneteent that i im so prououd to have been a a part of. Our r whole famimily will celebratate juneteenenth. All riright. Boboom i knknow where t to buy ststrawberry s soda. And i makeke a mean red velvetet cake. Ill fire up the grill. That l loud and black enouough for youou . Yeah, mmhmm. Ill hanang up my ststockin. Oh, buddddy. Anand now itss on the nationalal calendar r foreve, somemething thatats still mind blolowing to meme. Presidident bidenn Signeded The Juneteteenth National I Independencnce<\/a> day t into law. We didid an Episodode Abouout A Littlele White Girl<\/a> in Thehe Elevator<\/a> r by hersel, and d the black k man shshouldnt geget on it. Anand they just. laughshs doors dining but so m many white e people came up toto me and wawas lik, is that a a thing . Anand im likeke, hell yeye ththat was jusust as Imporortaf An Episosode<\/a> as juneneteenth w. Its l like these e topics that we totouched on. Exexcuse me herere we go agagain. I hopepe you enjoyoy the ret of your r racist pagageant johnhnsons, we o out no no, nono, no, no Upbeat Hihip Hop Musisic<\/a> Dining Chimes<\/a> upbeat music c totoday, im v very prououd of myselelf. Ouour presidenent has finanay rereleased a b birth certitifi. Donald t trumps Camampaign Bn<\/a> with Queuestioning T<\/a> the Legitiy Ofof The Firstst Black Prpresident<\/a> , b barack obama. Wouldntt you love e to see Onone Of Thesese Nfl<\/a> owneres when somebebody didisrespects s our flag, get that s son of a bibitch of the fieleld right nonow, out . Hes firired. Hes f fired peopople felt ththey could o lolonger sit o on the sidedel. Theyey saw a lotot of Folkss Protesesting<\/a> in ththe street. But at thehe same timemee cocouldnt jusust react inin a. We needed d change. Wewe neededed real chanange. Ththis was an n era Ofof Resistancnce<\/a> to be asas loud as p possible anad as b black as popossible. There was s a fresh crcrop of C Creators Cocoming<\/a> toto the forefefront, namely Dononald Gloverer<\/a> with atatlanta. I cacant imaginine what tv woululd be like e now wiwithout atltlanta. 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Hipip hop musicic, you liket so now y you have shows lilike twentities, whwhich is crereated by lelena , Whicich Made Hisistory<\/a> as one of t the First S Shows<\/a> to havave its leadad characacters lgbtqtq, and d what that t says is that we e again are e changig and thatat we can tell Thehese Storieses<\/a> and that B Black Peoplple<\/a> are e so differerent. Whwhat stands s out for Me Aboutut Twentieses<\/a> isis the lead d characterr is a Blalack Queer W<\/a> woman. Shshes not ththe sidekickc. What i a also love about ththe show is that t it has a l lot of C Conversatioions<\/a> that, franankly, we hahave in huddds bubut usually y not in pubub. These Arare Conversasations<\/a> were not t supposed to put on tv, lena why we always the Ononly Black P<\/a> people herer . Because e you know b black pee donnt like beieing outside. 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I didnt w wanna direcect. I i didnt wananna write i. I i just didnnt wanna memess , so i i found a g great shshowrunner w writer, salaladin, who h had a gogood take onon it. So i think its s time thatt we talalk with youou about se. Cannt we just t whoop the boy lilike God Intntended<\/a> . Yeah, mama, illll take t the whoopining i came O On Board Anand We Decicided<\/a> to setet the showw in t the cradle e of the civil righghts movemenent. And not jujust the Traray Anand The Painin<\/a> and the t Tra Becaususe<\/a> weve cacarried that for s so long, and we conontinue to, but trg to Buiuild Family Y<\/a> and communy and Cecelebrate Anand<\/a> have love in ththe midst ofof tha. What m makes Cupcacakes Tataste<\/a> so dowown home . Slavavery and bacon n grease in n the p. Abc C Understandndably<\/a> so had a lolot of concecerns. Thenen as soon a as We Startd Turnrning<\/a> in mataterial, Ththe Note Alwlways<\/a> was, can you m make it fununny . You told u us that youou wanteded real lifefe. Trust u. Itll bebe funny whehen its supposed t to be funnyny, and thenen itll be e heartfet when i its suppososed to be hearartfelt and d dramac when it t needs to b be dramat. And so t thats whats reaeally speciaial about tthe wonder r years reboot i is telling g the Stoy Of Ameririca<\/a> from aa differerent perspepective, from ourur perspectitive. Upbeaeat Soulful L<\/a> music black k Representatation Hahas Improveded<\/a> on televivin because Blblack Peoplele<\/a> have t the opportutunity to Actuaually Represesent Ththemselves<\/a> a as opposedd to Whitete Creators<\/a> s saying, this is w who Black P People A<\/a> Upbpbeat Funky Y Music<\/a> seems Lilike A Drdrop<\/a> in the e bucket, but ththen that Bubucket Overfs<\/a> Anand Everythihing<\/a> gets ststi. I i cant prededict the future of f black sitctcoms, but t i am likining that more Creatitive Licensese<\/a> is being g. Lighten n up, dude remembmber your cocondo. 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