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It's embracing this dehumanizing tradition of representation. the naacp came out against amos & andy, and it went off television. >> every time you see someone who makes the completely ill-informed idea of using blackface as a costume, that was fomented with shows like "amos & andy." >> oh, my lord. >> you realize this is incredibly offensive. >> yes. >> and you realize blackface makeup reignites ethnic stereotypes african-americans have worked for years to overcome. >> after amos & andy people in front of them behind the scenes becomes less palatable for people who were writing the checks. >>...

Bunker is a lightning rod of controversy because he's allowed to hold some very bigoted views. >> what's wrong with that, archie? >> can't you use your head? how the hell are we going to tell each other apart? >> and there are people who don't see archie bunker as being an anti-hero. they just see him as being a hero. >> president nixon saw the show and he was asked about what he thought of it. and he said they tried to make a fool out of a good man. >> sorry don't help me, boy. now i've got to change the sheets. >> some people think he was altogether wrong. but the blowback from the public wa...

Let's just sit here a while so your mom thinks i handled it. >> white kids loved it. african-american kids. and they saw a father who wasn't always trying to win the love of his kids and his mother still thought that he was a boy and his wife didn't think he was enough of a man. and that's life. >> you know, when i was a kid i got made fun of a lot too. you're stupid, you're fat, your father's a loser. your grandmother can be a very cruel woman. >> 120 weeks. they didn't think i'd last four. you want to look at the history of sitcoms, desi arnaz was in a show called "i love lucy." freddie prin...

With their releases this side of Christmas but Starlight for instance yes a really creative artist is still writing but hibernating until February so you're writing it but not till February but it's still a it's still a busy period and no I don't there just not disagree with that just not putting stuff out exactly out there holding it back unlike the ones that we're going to play tonight yeah within the shooter now I've got rapping violinist extraordinary Mike thanks so much for joining us Mike welcome to the sense here right what the fear is want to know. Your career was going pretty well at...

My going to step back as senior roles is a leap of faith speaking at a charity event last night that you could Sussex said he had hoped to continue to serve the Queen without public money but realise that's not possible Graeme Smith is from Republic which wants the monarchy scrapped. And with Harry a 1000000 or so they have managed to get away with quite a lot because they are still Julian Duchess they seem intent on capitalizing on that. Closed public property law attorney hall is stepping down as the director general of the b.b.c. He leave in the summer to 7 years in the job police have arr...