Bill Cosby, on prejudice, circa 1971
More than three decades before Dave Chappelle rocked Comedy Central with his portrayal of “Clayton Bigsby,” and less than a decade after the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have A Dream” speech that capped off the 1963 March on Washington for civil rights, Bill Cosby delivered a devastating 22 minutes of televised thoughts on tolerance and equality (or lack thereof) for KCET. It was 1971. The year “Archie Bunker” debuted as a sitcom bigot fronting TV’s #1 show, All in the Family. If you laughed out loud at Archie Bunker’s prejudices, what would you make of the...
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