How awful were the racist, homophobic, and sexist eighties on both screens, yet we were all there for it

Watching yet another John Hughes movie. You already know what it is. Also reading Molly Ringwald where she suggests that the conversation about his work <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/why-molly-ringwald-spoke-out-about-john-hughes-and-metoo-things-have-to-change" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">needs to change</a>. So I have come up with something that could change that conversation; maybe John Hughes inspiration was more, Norman Lear, social commentary about how sick and demented American society was as opposed to glorifying racism, homophobia and misogyny. Particularly in American suburbia; not sure why anyone would think that suburbia would not be that way considering how Blacks and people of color were prohibited from living there, and especially not sure why people would think that movies based in those environments would not have this as a character in a film. It's a little hard to tell at times, I’m four years younger than Ringwald and a lot of what went over in John Hughes movies went over my head. But it is why it went over my head that is disturbing; the way that suburbia is portrayed is exactly the way that I remember it! All of the racism, homophobia,  <a href="https://medium.com/@kendallschristopher/how-awful-were-the-racist-homophobic-and-sexist-eighties-on-both-screens-yet-we-were-all-there-cba1b8be7e5e">Learn More</a>