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Originally Posted by Paul
No one forces anyone to watch TV.
I'm also pretty sure everyone (black/white/whatever) is perfectly capable of making a choice whether to watch or not to watch something, and actually have a sense of reality, they know its a comedy show, from the past.
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Attitudes change, and society changes.
We don't tolerate adverts for tobacco now, even though they used to be extremely popular. The Black and White Minstrel show used to be a popular show in the UK, and still was relatively popular at it's point of cancellation. However we wouldn't even consider repeating it today because views have evolved.
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I know, from friends of mine who are not white (and btw, not hetro) that they find this kind of thing, where others censor on their behalf, to be quite insulting. It implies they have no sense of humour at all, must be offended by everything, and cannot laugh at themselves.
If you cannot understand censorship, then you will certainly enjoy the 1984 world we are moving towards.
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There is a difference between shows that allow anyone to laugh at themselves and those that are designed to mock others because of physical or other attributes.
Shows like Desmond's or Goodness Gracious Me are rightly celebrated as comedy greats because they were created by people from the background of those it was making fun of, and the comedy came from the experiences of those people, not 'haha aren't those people strange because they're not like us'.
Similar discussions are being held about the representations of the LGBTQ+ communities and people with health conditions or impairments as to how best represent them in media and entertainment.