Analysis Of Abc's All In The Family

Watching this episode of ABC’s All in the Family, was very interesting. I do not usually watch the older shows, so this really opened my eyes and showed how the white people thought differently about African-American people. I think that this episode mostly made fun of the prejudices that some people had because of the way Sammy Davis Jr. responded to Archie’s comments. In this show, Archie had several opinions about African-American people, and I got the feeling that he was against equality between the races. He was not so open about it and tried to cover it up when Sammy Davis Jr. came by, but I think that he still did not think that it was right to be equal with the black people. After Sammy Davis Jr. called about his briefcase, Archie …show more content…
about being on stage and hugging and kissing people. Sammy Davis Jr. explained that he was obligated to hug and kiss people because of a kissing clause in his contract. At this, Archie looked a little disgusted. He did not think that white people and black people should hug or kiss or even be in close contact. At the end, it was amusing to see Archie’s face when Sammy Davis Jr. kissed him on the cheek. Throughout the whole episode, Archie’s wife would mention how Archie thought this or that about black people, and she even mentioned that Archie once said that he thought he would never see the day when the two races would hug and kiss coast to coast. Archie would get embarrassed and ask his wife to stop talking, but she would still continue. Archie had these prejudices about the black people, but he never gave them the chance to be themselves and be equal. I loved how Sammy Davis Jr. responded to Archie’s comments with humor. I especially thought it was funny when Archie asked Sammy Davis Jr. if he thought that Archie was a prejudice man, and Sammy answered not at all. He responded with double meaning words that actually implied that Archie is a prejudice