What time period was Sanford and son made in What time period is it about Was one character portrayed as a victim Was this character playing a stereotypical role What roles major or minor were racial?

What time period was Sanford and son made in What time period is it about Was one character portrayed as a victim Was this character playing a stereotypical role What roles major or minor were racial?
"Sanford and Son" was on the air from 1972-1977.

The show took place in the same time period as it was being filmed.

Neither Sanford nor his son, Lamont were portrayed as victims. Lamont often expressed the desire to leave the oppression of the family business, but his father would fake a heart attack and mention his dead wife (and Lamont's mother) to guilt him into staying.

The character of Sanford, as played by Redd Fox was a racist and much of the humor of the show was through his disagreeableness. Some people feel that, in this regard, the show was a bit exploitative.

There were no roles on the show that didn't focus in one way or another on the race or gender of the characters. The show was part of Norman Lear's ongoing attempt to address the social inequalities of the era. Although it was based on a BBC show, it soon morphed, given Redd Fox's persona into quite a sensation.