Designing Women S2 E16 - Guess Who's Going on a Double Date...to the High School Dance???

It’s a tale as old as time. Boy asks girl to the dance. Boy’s father says no. Girl’s mom protests. Boy’s father asks the girl's mom on a date. You got all that? Yeah, we needed to watch this one a few times, too, but don’t worry! When the plot thickens, we’re here to break it. All. The. Way. Down.

Stick around for “Extra Sugar” where we unpack “Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner”, including the barriers it broke down–and the ones it didn’t.

Some of the reads we discussed:

• 'Guess Who's Coming to Dinner' legacy debated on anniversary

• 'Guess Who's Coming to Dinner' is 50 and racial tension still a problem in America - Los Angeles Times

• A big problem with 1967's 'Guess Who's Coming to Dinner' is the woman at the center has so little to say - Chicago Tribune

• Guess Who's Coming to Dinner 50th Anniversary, Get Out - Essence

• Guess Who's Coming to Dinner - Film Review - Variety

• The Mammy Caricature - Anti-black Imagery - Jim Crow Museum - Ferris State University

• Georgia school hosts first racially integrated prom | CNN

• documenting one of the last segregated proms in georgia - iD

Come on, let’s get into it!

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