# Words and situations they once could say on TV but can't (or won't) anymore **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 17, 2011, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-and-situations-they-once-could-say-on-tv-but-cant-or-wont-anymore/575086 "2011-03-17T23:54:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2011, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-and-situations-they-once-could-say-on-tv-but-cant-or-wont-anymore/575086/61 "2011-03-20T02:25:01Z")
Pretty much what everyone else here is saying. When I was a kid, racial or anti-gay slurs might have been considered impolite, but were not the subject of censorship, even on network television. And even in movies, they are not done except if they are shown in a negative way. For example, I’m thinking of Airplane where the little girl likes her coffee black like her men, and June Cleaver speaking jive with the two black passengers. That wouldn’t even be included in an R-rated movie today as humor directed at the audience. So, it’s not that you CAN’T, but it seems to be a self-censorship where you don’t. Except on Comedy Central Roasts where everything goes. ---
**Author:** ![jasonh300](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/46a35a/32.png) [@jasonh300](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasonh300)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2011, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-and-situations-they-once-could-say-on-tv-but-cant-or-wont-anymore/575086/62 "2011-03-20T05:36:53Z")
> [@PSXer](#): > > they still say fag and nigger and chink (and others surely, but I’ve heard all those just this year) on All in the Family Reruns, but on Sanford and Son they don’t say nigger. I don’t recall Archie Bunker ever using the word “nigger”. I do recall “jigaboo” on one episode, but it was spoken by the black man repeating what he heard on the telephone. Also, a Hispanic delivery boy referred to Archie calling him “the spic kid” but you never heard Archie say it. I remember being shocked at George Jefferson using the word “nigger”, but I think that was on The Jeffersons, not All In The Family. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2011, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-and-situations-they-once-could-say-on-tv-but-cant-or-wont-anymore/575086/63 "2011-03-20T13:20:13Z")
> [@jasonh300](#): > > I don’t recall Archie Bunker ever using the word “nigger”. I do recall “jigaboo” on one episode, but it was spoken by the black man repeating what he heard on the telephone. Also, a Hispanic delivery boy referred to Archie calling him “the spic kid” but you never heard Archie say it. > > I remember being shocked at George Jefferson using the word “nigger”, but I think that was on The Jeffersons, not All In The Family. I won’t swear Archie never said “nigger,” but I clearly recall him saying “spade,” which isn’t much better. ---
**Author:** ![giuseppgold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/51bf81/32.png) [@giuseppgold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/giuseppgold)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2011, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-and-situations-they-once-could-say-on-tv-but-cant-or-wont-anymore/575086/64 "2011-03-20T22:53:19Z")
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