10 old shows that were racist but you never knew – This will surprise you!

6. All in the Family

via doyouremember.com

Archie Bunker is unquestionably one of the most racist characters ever to grace the TV screen. That’s actually what made All in the Family such a groundbreaking show. It aired through most most the 1970s and was unafraid to deal with topical subjects. Head of the family Archie is a bigot, a jerk and unapologetically hateful to anyone unlike himself. He served as a counterpoint to his much more liberal daughter and her left-wing husband, played by Sally Struthers and Rob Reiner.

By making a central character an over-the-top racist, All in the Family attempted to show how wrong his point of view actually was. This was really amazing stuff in the 1970s. Archie is still offensive as heck today, just as he was meant to be.