I am a black woman who grew up watching All in the Family and it was a given it was outrageous, laugh until you cry. As I grew older, I found it to be like Swift's literature, a hit on prejudice, saying out loud what so many whispered behind backs and closed doors. O'Connor was a civil rights marcher... amazing human being who went on to great TV series. The end of the series, after Edith passes, the episodes with the child they fostered and his gaining custody was beyond touching...

In real life Carrol was the exact opposite, even marched for civil rights! He was a great actor! This show actually helped race relations by illuminating the ignorance and fear to an absurd level. No one wanted to be like this, that I knew!

We, as a black family, loved and appreciated Archie Bunker. That character unapologetically spoke volumes about what was actually going on back then. Carroll O'Connor, the man, actually fought against this type of thinking in real life. He was awesome!

61 year old black woman here! I miss the days when everyone wasn't triggered by everything and we all laughed together. Pretty sure my family and I watched this show (every season) and The Jeffersons (spin-off) at least 2 times from 1st show to last! Jefferson was the black version of Bunker😂😊❤

I grew up watching archie. I'm a 63 year old black man. We loved his show . Archie was never considered offensive. Because he didn't know any better . He actually had a good heart and in time he learned.

We weren't stupid viewers. We were in on the joke. We all knew someone like Archie, but times were changing and shows like this helped start the conversation

You see, back then, and into the '80's, we made fun of each other and we ALL laughed with each other

As a 53 year old who’s parent watched this show, people didn’t take themselves seriously back in the day, we weren’t offended…we had a sense of humor and understood that this was humor…better times back then

I can't believe that these guys watched all of this and didn't understand that the show is purposely written to be ironic. That's why it's so funny. The character is an actor saying what the writers have written. He's not racist, the character is. That's the role. One of the best actors, and one of the best shows, ever.

There weren't snowflakes & NOBODY got offended. We all just laughed! Comedy was alive & well & we could take a joke!

It was a good time to be alive as a kid. Bunker, Jefferson and the Sanfords!

I can tell you as a black person who grew up in the 70s, we loved all in the family.

The first time racism was called out on national TV. Groundbreaking.

"How is he allowed to say this on tv?".

Oh how we laughed! We laughed when George Jefferson called us honkey too.

We didn't have a cancel culture attitude we had a lets talk and let you expose your own bigotry we never believed in shutting people up, we used their own ignorance to show everyone else how backward it was, Archie bunker was at a time when our country was going thru big changes and this show helped to do it.

Archie Bunker and All in the Family single handedly made my grandfather realize he was a bigot. He became a completely different person and saw the world and the people in it in a new light due to this show. ❤🎉

All in the Family is a classic sit-com. It was meant to poke fun at everyone of every background. The show also proudly displayed many important societal issues.

The Jeffersons was hysterical too

This show was on the air when people had a sense of humour and were still able to laugh at themselves