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basketball player. bill, you mentioned the evolution of norman lear which wasn t entirely of his own doing. how ground-breaking was this story line? t. was ground breaking. you had formerly seen black families either maids or working class people like sanford & son, the junkyard. now a guy who san entrepreneur. jefferson was an entrepreneur. a string of dry cleaning stores. that s what was happening with some people in the black middle class. they were moving on up, but they still were represented as what would be their expectation in society. black people would think, well, maybe they are faking. they re not real. it s not real. you could see that white expectation was you wouldn t have a black family like that. that changed with the cosby show. a doctor and a lawyer. people were very willing to accept that. yeah, it s amazing how much sitcoms have such a dramatic effect on how people view

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