The social message sent through American sitcoms has been clear for more than sixty years, despite the Civil Rights Act, "The Jeffersons" and the election of a black president. Television writers and producers, who are frequently seeking to push the proverbial envelope on social issues, seem to have a long-term fear of making a show starring a black man with a white wife. That fear may have been justified in 2013 when Cheerios aired an ad depicting a black man sitting at the breakfast table with his biracial daughter a white wife. ...
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