It wasn’t really acceptable at the time, people just weren’t including the marginalized groups in the conversation. It always sucked, but we’ve only recently begun letting people of color in the door to tell everyone blackface fucking sucks.

The argument is that it also wasn't acceptable at the time. It wasn't right to do then, it's just that most of society shared the mistaken opinion that it was okay.

It was not acceptable then as well. I am not saying anything about his comedy, he, infact was a terrific comedian the little I have seen, but having your sitcom pulled in the 70s for playing Pakistani Immigrants is a whole different place no one should have gone. Not even in "those days"

Disagree. It was accepted by the mostly white people producing these things and watching these things.

Do you really think bigoted behaviour that was once “acceptable” was accepted by all people? Including the minorities that were being discriminated against, mocked, and oppressed?

It was once acceptable to hit your wife. And marital rape wasn’t a thing. According to the law and society it was acceptable. But do you think the wives EVER liked or accepted this? Hell no

Black Face was either done to mock and belittle black people. Or when it was done somewhat “respectfully”, it was still being done to avoid hiring actual black people for those roles.

People were against black face back then. Just like there were people against slavery when it was legal.

It was wrong now and it was wrong then

Slavery was acceptable if it weren't for all those abolitionists whining about it.

Still, we shouldn't erase those sketches, we should just have context when we watch them (bring back Brutalitox!).

There's satire and there's brownfacing yourself to be immigrants from Pakistan. John Bird was a terrific comedian, but having your sitcom, along with the great Spike Milligan being cancelled because of racial insensitivity in the 70s was not a good thing.