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I never noticed how Sanford and Son was so racist
Posted on 8/6/13 at 2:08 pm
Posted on 8/6/13 at 2:08 pm
I grew up watching Sanford and Son and loved it. I was watching an old episode of Sanford and Son this past weekend and it was the one where Julio first moved in next door. I laughed my arse off but that was some racist shite. They could never get away with that today.
Fred ranted about how Harlem was a paradise before Purto Ricans moved in with their cockroaches and rats. And when Fred first heard his new neighbor was Puerto Rican, he said there goes the neighborhood. Keep in mind, they live in Watts.
The messed up part was that Julio was sincerely trying to be a good neighbor.
Fred ranted about how Harlem was a paradise before Purto Ricans moved in with their cockroaches and rats. And when Fred first heard his new neighbor was Puerto Rican, he said there goes the neighborhood. Keep in mind, they live in Watts.
The messed up part was that Julio was sincerely trying to be a good neighbor.
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Posted on 8/6/13 at 2:15 pm to Commandeaux
Go back and watch All in the Family or The Jeffersons... They had something to say about everybody. All part of the times.
Posted on 8/6/13 at 2:17 pm to Commandeaux
I always liked how they needed Smitty to translate for this honkey.
Posted on 8/6/13 at 2:19 pm to TigerinATL
That's what made these shows funny. They new how to make fun of racism and laugh at it.
Posted on 8/6/13 at 2:21 pm to JinFL
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Go back and watch All in the Family or The Jeffersons... They had something to say about everybody. All part of the times
It was all parody. They were trying to raise the collective awareness about racism. (well maybe not Sanford and Son).
Posted on 8/6/13 at 2:21 pm to TigerinATL
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TigerinATL
I never noticed how Sanford and Son was so racist
I always liked how they needed Smitty to translate for this honkey.
The 'honky' cop was the gas station attendant in "The Graduate."
Posted on 8/6/13 at 2:48 pm to Commandeaux
Come to think of it, you're right, they did hate on Puerto Ricans on the reg.
Posted on 8/6/13 at 2:48 pm to Commandeaux
I remember the second episode where Fred asks Lamont why there wasn't a pinball machine in a nice bar:
Lamont: Pop, this ain't no honkytonk.
Fred: I sure see a lot of honkeys in here.
Lamont: Pop, this ain't no honkytonk.
Fred: I sure see a lot of honkeys in here.
This post was edited on 8/6/13 at 2:49 pm
Posted on 8/6/13 at 3:46 pm to Commandeaux
Ahhh yes the good old days when we could laugh at ourselves and poke fun at others.. Sanford and Son, All In the Family, the Jefferons, Maude... GOOD STUFF
This post was edited on 8/6/13 at 3:47 pm
Posted on 8/6/13 at 4:08 pm to Commandeaux
I watched an episode last week for the first time in 30 years. Fred wanted a white dentist because he didn't think a black man could be legit.
Posted on 8/6/13 at 4:08 pm to Roy Oldhafer
I used to watch Sanford and Son with my grandpa as a kid. He would laugh at shite I didnt think was funny and I would laugh at things he didnt think were funny.
good stuff
good stuff
Posted on 8/6/13 at 4:13 pm to Commandeaux
"Beans and disease to you" didn't tip you off?
This post was edited on 8/6/13 at 4:16 pm
Posted on 8/6/13 at 4:19 pm to Sid in Lakeshore
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It was all parody. They were trying to raise the collective awareness about racism.
Yeah, but it was tackling that from all angles. That would not happen today. Today the focus would purely be on white on black racism, if it would even be featured in comedy at all. We're much more uptight now.
Posted on 8/6/13 at 4:44 pm to Mo Jeaux
There are two episodes where Fred drops the n-bomb.
Posted on 8/6/13 at 4:44 pm to Mo Jeaux
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Yeah, but it was tackling that from all angles. That would not happen today. Today the focus would purely be on white on black racism, if it would even be featured in comedy at all. We're much more uptight now.
I agree with everything you said.
Posted on 8/6/13 at 5:10 pm to Post It Bandit
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There are two episodes where Fred drops the n-bomb.
I know one is when he says in traffic court to a white cop: "There's enough n's in here to make a Tarzan movie.
Posted on 8/6/13 at 5:18 pm to WPBTiger
Other one is where Fred's girlfriend has a headlight out and he tells her 'they (cops) death on a n***** with one light'
Posted on 8/6/13 at 6:53 pm to Commandeaux
I met Redd Foxx IRL in Vegas ( late 80's) He was doing stand up with some other older comedians , the best stand up I ever seen. It was with my first wife on our honeymoon and of course our table was next too the stage.He would stop and mess with us during the show telling my then wife that if he had sex with her it would ruin her for any white man after the show he invited us for drinks with him and his girlfriend(Asian chick). He was really awesome ,said that he had too go back to work because the IRS had seized all of his assets.....Sanford and Son is my favorite TV show of all time 
after the show he invited us for drinks with him and his girlfriend(Asian chick). He was really awesome ,said that he had too go back to work because the IRS had seized all of his assets.....Sanford and Son is my favorite TV show of all time Posted on 8/6/13 at 6:56 pm to Commandeaux
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Julio first moved in next door. I laughed my arse off but that was some racist shite.
Was watching one & Fred was arguing with his son that Spanish couldn't be that are to learn, because all the puerto ricans can speak it.
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