We Really Have To Stop Ghettoizing EVERYTHING.......But It IS Funny-Fat Albert in The Hood!

Although Dr. Michael Eric Dyson often uses Bill Cosby's Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids show to rebut Cosby's critique of ghetto culture, I do not think that the viewers looked at the cartoon (in it's original form) as a minstrel performance. Fat Albert was loosely based on Dr. Cosby's childhood experiences while coming of age in Philadelphia's inner city. Sure, Albert displayed humor but there was always a moral to the story by the end of the show's credits. Of course in the 21st century, everything in African-American culture must get a lower-tier makeover. A penny for your thoughts (down from a quarter-adjusting for inflation)-what say you all?