In thise episode Thorpe and a white girl kiss on the lips. I'm wondering if this was the first time a black guy kissed a white girl on TV. I know about Capt. Kirk and Lt. Uhura on Star Trek, but that was white man, black woman. Same with the Jeffersons if the interracial couple ever kissed on that show.
shareDoubt it.But it was one of the first probably.
shareDo you know of a specific incident before this? What TV show would have featured this? Not a surprise from a show featuring naked, young Black men in the shower, LOL. I remember the kiss and it didn't make news. Which means that if it was the first Black man/White woman kiss on network TV, enough progress had happened to that point to not make it a big deal.
shareI remember the kiss, too. I'm also assuming with the passage of time, and shows like "The Jeffersons" on the air at the time, that's why it didn't start any riots.
share"I remember the kiss, too. I'm also assuming with the passage of time, and shows like "The Jeffersons" on the air at the time, that's why it didn't start any riots."
True. But on the other hand, it was just one kiss and they never saw each other again after the episode (never being seen again was typical of WS girlfriends). I don't think that time period (TV ca. 1979) was ready for an ongoing relationship between a Black guy and a White Girl. Also, the girl was portrayed as a perceived slut.
In 1990, a show called "True Colors" was on Fox TV. I think it was the first show specifically about a Black man/White woman relationship. The show was only on for a couple of seasons. Anyway, I remember reading in the TV guide that the actors said they received death threats for doing that program.
BTW, here is the "White Sahdow" episode.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pp9P09dC1lU&feature=player_embedded