maurice is the worst character of all time.

He smashes the race card, and with CLASS.

Thoughtful writing and acting.

Best show ever!

That Clip? Was just absolutely Brilliant in it's place and in say that Episode Thirty years ago Now? Now I'd Really like to See something similar presented or Said in Today's given, & more ugh 😩 biased, & quite ugly environment. WTF Would or Could they Do with it???. Here I'm Lol, and calmly thinking that these over zealous, BLM people Out there? Are going too pick this type of Clip Up. Take it & Media Hyper Magnify it too Their Needs, Ideas, or Ideals and Their Screwy rationalizing of it. Till they Can then Throw it Back at the World. With a Completely WTF, different Level of Prejudice thrown in to Make Their Sides Decisions & Counter Arguments More Acceptable too those, & Everyone they Feel. They Need to Turn or Convince of Their POV. Anyways as Always Thanks for the Memories & Reminders 🎗️🎗️🎗️🎗️🎗️. NEXP was a Fantastic Program with Brilliant 💡💡💡& illumination.

They're both right. Yaknow, we had very little racism in the '90s. They couldn't have that though, if the people started getting along too well they might get together and start to notice things.

So Black people say "thang" instead of "thing"? I guess he has never heard a white person from the south speak. I've always hated the ignorant idea that all black Americans sound/speak the same. No, we do not. Just like all white Americans don't sound the same. How a person speaks is greatly influenced by their environment/where they grew up as well as their level of education. I also think the idea that Black people say "ax" instead of "ask" is way overblown. No one in my family nor in my general circle of friends and colleagues says that. I've also never heard any Black person say "max" instead of "mask," nor does that appear to be an ongoing stereotype. But if we're simply incapable of making the "sk" sound, shouldn't that transfer to all other words with "sk"? The bottom line is some people tend to take any negative trait exhibited by any random Black person and foolishly attribute that trait to all Black people in general, as if we're one monolithic group.

I’ve always wondered why we never hear Native Americans screaming racism? I mean, we literally tried to commit genocide on them and the U.S. still treats them as second class citizens to this very day.

This show had so much wisdom and humanity in it - so well done

Way before WAP.😂

It's interesting that the way American black people speak is both ridiculed and admired i.e. thought of as hip, cool, authentic all at the same time. It's derided as not proper English, but also it's cool to say something like "ain't no thang big dawg to be givn' a shout out to my OGs from the 90s and watchn' Northern Exposure in da house of 2024, no cap fool!" White kids today say "dem hands 'bout to be goin' up, about to see some smoke!" if they see two guys about to fight, and it's always been this way, since like the 1950s, maybe as far back as the 1930s. Black English is ridiculed and cool at the same time, but I guess it has to be ridiculed first to BE COOL. The same way Elvis was the devils music, and that made him cool.

THE BEST SHOW

My all-time favorite TV show.

Thank you so much!

maurice is republican

I. MISS. ALL THEM. GUYS. !!!!!

❤

Imperialism, slavery, and genocide were extensions of the belief in white supremacy, so they really are white institutions. Look at the great age of worldwide colonialism, folks- now, who did that?

No one said superior breeding, just sounding a certain way. Bernard assumed that Maurice meant superior by "not sounding black."

I cannot believe this came out in the early 90s

missed this show. good ol nineties

This scene and many others in it are why it is black balled and on no stream or cable service to watch. This show was so forward thinking its insane. Spot on too.

blacks don’t generally speak like him. They normally just steal.

This damn show always kept it real!

Speaking a language properly has nothing to do with race. It has to do with education and culture.

All about dominence

say it loud, say it proud!

can you see why we’ve moved on from being able to have this sort of conversation in popular dialogue I’ll be honest I’ve never really watch the show even though I’ve heard of it growing up so let’s just say the white gentleman was a sort of racist may be basing his thoughts on stereotypes but you see how the two of them are talking and having a conversation and learning to understand each other to the point where instead of him just basing what he knows off of a stereotype he’s actually learned something from a open and honest dialogue where they are able to speak without fear of massive repercussions, We’ve regressed so far today that just the last sentence when he said imperialism and slavery we’re not exclusive To the white race would be enough for people to call to get you canceled banned off Twitter job lost and the angry Twitter mob after you.

I know a lot of people from the north and the west who insist on speaking “ghetto” to every black person they meet. It doesn’t matter if the black person has a PhD in English, these people are going to talk to them like they are illiterate thugs from the ghetto. We “racists” from the south, on the other hand, treat black people as individuals, and respect them enough to speak to them in decent English.

Everyone is racist

This scene would NEVER fly in this politically correct time of 2022.

Maurice is as Republican as one can get...

Imagine trying to show this scene now.

When the theme music comes on my endorphins rush with amazing memories of my childhood

Best show ever

Hit, take it all my money, I will never give change again Amen, Carey on. Blexx

Talk to Al Sparptin, let explain oppression.

A beautiful scene

Maurice was your classic good ol boy white Republican. But he’s right about how some black people speak although not all speak that way as he demonstrates

God damn I forgot how brilliant this show was

And this is why i hate the 21st century use of the w word. Because what dummies call the w word has always existed in film and tv. Sometimes it was a 1 off sweeps week very special episodes and sometimes julia sugarbaker or dorothy zbornak or nell carter were saying 'w' things on a weekly basis. Female cops and detectives. Capable. Persons of color addressing this stuff. Ugh people are stupid.

Ebonics lower the man.

thats why I loved that show

Great show.

I miss this show.

You are born white or black or whatever. Being aware of your race does not make you a racist. And trying to ban racism is like trying to ban low intelligence -- it can't be done.

Funny thing is that Thomas Sowell has noted that using the word "aks" instead of "asks" is something that came from lower class Brits who came to this country and settled in the south. Southern blacks picked it up from these whites, along with a lot of other stuff. Fascinating.

That last line, kills me.

I love how they call each other racists without yelling at each other.

LOL