In the future, if researchers use these Mudcat threads as material that provides a wealth of information on what some folks in the late 1990s and early 2000s thought about {and how they expressed their thoughts on that new media-the Internet}, it will be interesting for those researchers to compare opinions stated on such subjects as "Uncle Remus" and "Amos & Andy" with opinions expressed by African Americans documented elsewhere.* I'm sure they will find a large difference between the fond nostagic rememberances White people have for "Uncle Remus"; "Songs of the South", and "Amos and Andy" and how Black people remember these artistic products.
* 'Elsewhere' means television & radio talk shows and newspapers, magazines, and online articles-and hopefully some [???] Internet discussion forums. Regrettably, I haven't yet found a predominately African American discussion forum {or even one with a good size number of African Americans and other people of color}which provides opportunities to discuss subjects having to do with arts & culture, race relations, politics, and other subjects.
And since I've been on Mudcat, I confess I've stopped looking for such a discussion forum...
But it's time like these, more than other times, that I really wish Mudcat had more posters-as Members or Guests who were of African descent and acknowledged that race/ethnicity.
I think the discussion of these subjects would not only be different, but would be richer because of those differences.