'Dallas' hit a chord back in the late Seventies and Eighties because it was the age of greed: here you have this unapologetic character who is mean and nasty and ruthless and does it all with an evil grin. I think people related to JR back then because we all have someone we know exactly like him. E
What a country needs to do is be fair to all its citizens - whether people are of a different ethnicity or gender.
Segregation was wrong when it was forced by white people, and I believe it is still wrong when it is requested by black people.