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<blockquote data-quote="Angela Channing" data-source="post: 427614" data-attributes="member: 33">Although Love Thy Neighbour&nbsp; is criticised these days for its racism, it was really very mild compared to some of stuff that was on TV during that era. The show was also quite popular amongst Black people because it was one of the few times Black people were featured regularly on a TV show. I don&#039;t think I watched Love Thy Neighbour&nbsp; when it was originally broadcast (I think it went out on Mondays at 9pm which would have been past my bedtime) but I recall watching repeats which went out early evenings at around 7pm. My memory is that the Reynolds family (the Black family) were portrayed reasonably positively and generally won conflicts with white Eddie Booth and racist remarks were generally done is ridiculous way that it was difficult to take them seriously. Not that I&#039;m defending the racism in the show, but I think&nbsp; outrage was exaggerated compared with the racism Black people often received in real life, which was generally downplayed.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Angela Channing, post: 427614, member: 33"] Although [I]Love Thy Neighbour[/I] is criticised these days for its racism, it was really very mild compared to some of stuff that was on TV during that era. The show was also quite popular amongst Black people because it was one of the few times Black people were featured regularly on a TV show. I don't think I watched [I]Love Thy Neighbour[/I] when it was originally broadcast (I think it went out on Mondays at 9pm which would have been past my bedtime) but I recall watching repeats which went out early evenings at around 7pm. My memory is that the Reynolds family (the Black family) were portrayed reasonably positively and generally won conflicts with white Eddie Booth and racist remarks were generally done is ridiculous way that it was difficult to take them seriously. Not that I'm defending the racism in the show, but I think outrage was exaggerated compared with the racism Black people often received in real life, which was generally downplayed. [/QUOTE]

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