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Let this white boy preach about Theo for a moment

Let this white boy preach about Theo for a moment

I’ve seen a lot of my black friends, especially those around my age, sharing in recent days about how the shocking drowning death of Malcolm-Jamal Warner — best known to most of us as “Theo” from “The Cosby Show” — impacted them.  They talked about how they could relate to Theo and how great it was to see the way the Huxtable family was portrayed on TV — as an ordinary family with ordinary issues, good and bad. Some felt seen for the first time by white America. Some felt represented for the first time. Now, it’s time to give […]