I find it hard to believe that no one said anything nasty or offensive. Even Roger. Suddenly, the casual racism that we've seen from everyone went away?
I think the casual racism is evident in the way Harry and Henry both kept referring to how "they" will burn down the city. I think upper middle class New Yorkers of the era would certainly have a lot of ingrained racism, but they'd also distance themselves from the overt racism happening in the south during the Civil Rights era.
I don't think they're particularly enlightened or cognizant of their white privilege, but it would have been extremely uncool for Manhattan sophisticates to be overtly racist.
Incidentally, as I recall from reading histories of the show, Sesame Street was based on the West 80s in the late sixties. It was a particularly vibrant mix of cultures and classes and pretty open.
Huh, I always thought Sesame Street was in the Bronx.
I thought it was Brooklyn!
So either the UWS or Alphabet City. [link]
I think the casual racism is evident in the way Harry and Henry both kept referring to how "they" will burn down the city. I think upper middle class New Yorkers of the era would certainly have a lot of ingrained racism, but they'd also distance themselves from the overt racism happening in the south during the Civil Rights era.
I agree. Also, when Pete is calling you out for being an insensitive ass, that should be a signal that you're being pretty awful.
Mayor Lindsay's walk through Harlem.
I know James Brown is widely credited with keeping Boston from having a riot, by putting on a free show that night that was aired on PBS.
OK, I don't have a lot of sympathy for (or even interest in, to a large degree) Don, but that "what if someone shoots Henry" was painful.
I know James Brown is widely credited with keeping Boston from having a riot, by putting on a free show that night that was aired on PBS.
Thanks to archivists, the concert (or at least some of it) is online! [link]
"what if someone shoots Henry" was painful.
It really was. Don's reply, though, my god.
I think that did comfort Bobby though?
