Malcolm Jamal-Warner celebrates the Cosby Show 32nd anniversary with powerful words
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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