{"id":1813,"date":"2012-07-25T14:03:31","date_gmt":"2012-07-25T18:03:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/changingchannels\/?p=1813"},"modified":"2012-07-26T17:13:37","modified_gmt":"2012-07-26T21:13:37","slug":"bye-george-jefferson-well-miss-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/changingchannels\/2012\/07\/bye-george-jefferson-well-miss-you.html","title":{"rendered":"Bye George Jefferson … We’ll Miss You!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sherman Hemsley<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As my anti-Archie Bunker, I learned alot from watching Sherman Hemsley play George Jefferson on The Jeffersons.<\/p>\n

Jefferson, as Archie used to call him, MORE than held his own when dealing with the racist Bunker.<\/p>\n

Although a bit anti-white himself, to put it mildly, Jefferson enjoyed success because he understood that in America the color that counted most is green.<\/p>\n

(How ironic is it then we seem to be having an attack on ‘green’, that is, making money, now by the president … though that could be another blog entirely).<\/p>\n

Hemsley’s character had so many other qualities as well; smart, funny and caring to those around him.<\/p>\n

Yes, caring as he once gave Edith Bunker a job when his neighbors were hurting and he also loved Florence the maid, don’t kid yourself about a “relationship” that lasted that long.<\/p>\n

Hemsley went on to play a deacon in ‘Amen’, which enjoyed a five-year run and again portrayed African Americans in the positive light they deserve.<\/p>\n

Here’s hoping George Jefferson mooooved on up … to the deluxe pearly gates … in the sky, eye, eye.<\/p>\n

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