The Cosby Show was one of the greatest shows of all time. On Tuesday
September 20th was the day the show made its debut on TV 32 years and
one of the show's stars Malcolm Jamal-Warner who played Theo Huxtable,
took to instagram to celebrate the success of the show despite the
controversy that has trailed Bill Cosby. He wrote;
"The unfortunate controversy plaguing this show's legacy will not stop
me from celebrating that on this date 32 years ago "The Cosby Show"
aired and for 8 years (and beyond) broke records, made history, changed
television, and changed the trajectory of many, MANY lives. It's
positive social impact is innumerable and cannot be denied. No matter
how one feels about the man behind the show, no matter if some networks
never bring it back on air, the good that this show did worldwide is
irreversible. It was major progress. However, I'm conflicted celebrating
this post bc with that said, it's obvious that the world we live in
still has much more work to do. The show has not prevented black men and
black women being shot by police even if their hands are up. The impact
of the show has not protected black men and black women from the
confusion, intimidation, sheer hatred, an downright ignorance of a large
part of white America (and in some cases, black America). The struggle
continues. As "The Cosby Show" forced white America and black America to
recognize the black upper middle class (shedding light on the fact that
black folks did live like the Huxtables and inspiring many more to
achieve that "American Dream,") the work that we need to do takes the
work of ALL of us on every socio-economic level. We may have
differences-different value systems, different economic hardships. We
may like different music, different styles of dress, different education
levels. But at the end of the day, we are black people still fighting
blatant ignorance and hatred. That puts us all in the same boat. House
slave or field slave is still a slave and the strength of the hatred
towards us knows no difference. We HAVE come a long way in this country
that we helped build and that should be celebrated, while at the same
recognizing we still have a long way to go. And fighting and beefing
with each other only gets in the way of collectively paying attention
and staying collectively focused on protecting ourselves from the forces
and people seriously trying to hurt us. #BlackLove shouldn't be
relegated to just black couples. It should be the standard in how we
see, treat, & respect each other.
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