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Bill Cosby wanted a family for blacks to aspire to


Otherwise he wouldn't have written himself as a dr, he'd be unemployed and the joke would be him peeking out the window to see if the police are after him.

He could have told jokes like "we can never have a black president for two reasons. We'd rename the name of the house, and secondly, Congress would move, because there goes the neighbourhood."

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LMAO....YOU JUST NEEDED A SAFE SPACE FOR THE BLACK HOUSE JOKE...

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He sure did. LOL.

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I don't believe that all black men in the 1980s were unemployed and wanted by the police! Geesh...

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No but he could have gotten cheap laughs out of it.

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But it seems like unlike "Fresh Prince" and even "Family Matters", "Cosby Show" never really was about racism or racial issues.

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You mean there were no black doctors in America at that time?

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“You know one day they’re going to find out I’m not really a doctor! Not to mention all the other shit I’ve been doing! I’m so glad you’re a lawyer Claire! Claire? You are really a lawyer right? Claire?”

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