'The Golden Girls' Episode Pulled From Hulu for 'Disgusting' Racist Joke

The Golden Girls has been around for years now...

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Since its first episode in 1986, the classic sitcom has cemented itself as one of our country's most popular... and most loved.

The sitcom follows the lives of 4 previously married women who live in Miami together...

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And despite the hard times they each face, they all share their various experiences and enjoy their friendships with one another.

The Golden Girl's crude sense of humor is what made it so popular with fans...

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And even though its final episode aired in 1992, it still continues to be outrageously popular amongst many different age groups and generations.

But it seems that in more recent times...

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Fans have been left feeling disgusted over a certain joke cracked on the popular sitcom and it's safe to say that it hasn't aged well at all - especially in the current climate.

The Black Lives Matter movement has taken over the world...

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Since the death of George Floyd, protests for the movement have been happening across the globe in volumes we've never seen before.

Thousands upon thousands of people have been taking to the streets in protest...

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And they are all marching for one thing: For the blatant racism and injustice in this country to be brought to an end.

Many protests turned violent...

But change needs to happen and, at the moment, this seems like the only way to make it happen.

We are witnessing history in the making...

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And people are continuing to demand justice.

Even though more people have been educating themselves on the history of Black people and the racism that they have faced for centuries...

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It's going to take a lot more to change everyone's attitudes.

Many huge names have been boycotted after accusations of racism have risen against them...

Including Walt Disney World and Kellogg's cereal.

And several TV shows have been called out for using racism and blackface as a form of comedy...

Including Friends and 30 Rock.

And The Golden Girls is the most recent culprit.

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Fans have been expressing their disgust over the episode titled "Mixed Blessings" which aired in 1988.

The episode centers around Dorothy's son, Michael, marrying an older Black woman.

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Neither Dorothy, played by Bea Arthur, nor the mother of the Black woman, played by Virginia Capers, approved of their relationship.

At one point in the episode, there is a scene where Rose (Betty White) and Blanche (Rue McClanahan) test out new facial masks that resemble blackface.

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They then greet the Black woman's family wearing mud masks and say, "This is mud on our faces, we're not really Black."

Although critics have called the scene problematic for years...

The episode has now just been removed from Hulu's streaming service at the request from the series’ distributor, Disney-ABC Domestic Television, Deadline reports.

This is caused a divide in opinion amongst fans...

And it's safe to say that many feel that this "disgusting" episode has been allowed to be on air for way too long.

The sitcom has been accused of having racist ideologies in other episodes, too...

And former fans have slammed it for being "cringeworthy" and "problematic."

But many feel that pulling the episode isn't doing anything for the BLM movement...

And instead, people should be focussing just as much on the innocent Black people being killed every day.

The removal has been deemed as "absurd"...

And there's no denying that huge companies that are run primarily by white people will go to extreme and unnecessary lengths to try and prove that they aren't racist.

The removal of a TV episode will not solve the problem that we have with racism...

And real action needs to be taken soon, rather than focusing on what we watch on television. Keep scrolling to read about why people are boycotting the problematic Aunt Jemima brand...