There was no real controversy with All In The Family. That came from the people on the business end.
“We always had lutefisk for Christmas dinner, after which Dad read from the Norwegian Bible.”
“We can now have action movies with two stars where one might be African American and one might be Asian American. One of them doesn't have to be white, and the other one doesn't have to be the ethnic sidekick. We're way over that. And I think it's happening in society, too.”