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They are all detained by a local Sheriff in the local jail, the perspectives of the incident is shown from each side, with predictably drastically different takes. While attending a Hillman football game on a predominantly White campus, Ron and Dwayne are involved in a bias incident with three White students which culminates with Ron and Dwayne fighting the White students as they attempt to spray-paint the word 'Nigger' on Ron's car, stopping them before they could complete the slur.

The fifth-season episode 'Cat's in the Cradle' deals with racism, from both sides of the proverbial fence.

Kim is disheartened with the display of several 'mammy' dolls in a cultural exhibit, while Whitley learns that some of her African-American ancestors were slave owners.

The fifth-season episode 'Mammy Dearest' addresses two subjects almost never discussed on prime time television: the 'mammy' image and its negative effect upon African Americans' sense of beauty and self-worth, and the little-known fact that some well-to-do African-Americans actually owned slaves themselves.

The show consistently ranked first or second among African American viewers during most of its run. Mice To Men (singing group)Ī Different World benefited from airing between The Cosby Show and Cheers on Thursday night. Malik Velasquez (Whitley's mother's hired 'boyfriend') Landlord to Lena, Gina, Charmaine, Terrell, and Dorian Matthew (Freddie's cousin/Kim's boyfriend)

Bumper Robinson – Dorian Heywood (recurring in season 6).

Patrick Malone – Terrell Walker (recurring in season 6).

Gary Dourdan – Shazza Zulu (recurring in seasons 5–6, guest-starring in episode 86).

Cory Tyler – Terrence Taylor (recurring in Seasons 4 and 5).

Karen Malina White – Charmaine Tyesha Brown (Season 6, guest-starring in episode 113).

Jada Pinkett – Lena James (Season 6, recurring in season 5).

Ajai Sanders – Gina Deveaux (Season 6, recurring in seasons 4 and 5).Lou Myers – Vernon Gaines (Seasons 3–6, recurring in season 2).Cree Summer – Winifred 'Freddie' Brooks (Seasons 2–6).Charnele Brown – Kimberly Reese (Seasons 2–6).Sinbad – Walter Oakes (Seasons 2–4, recurring in season 1).Mary Alice – Leticia 'Lettie' Bostic (Episodes 13–21, 23–44).Marie-Alise Recasner – Millie (recurring in season 1).Loretta Devine – Stevie Rallen (Episodes 1–9, 21).

Marisa Tomei – Maggie Lauten (Season 1).Dawnn Lewis – Jaleesa Vinson Taylor (Seasons 1–5).Kadeem Hardison – Dwayne Wayne (except episode 22).Jasmine Guy – Whitley Gilbert (except episode 22).Main article: A Different World characters* Lisa Bonet – Denise Huxtable (Season 1, guest-starring in episode 49) 3 Connections to Bill Cosby and The Cosby Show.One episode that aired in 1990 was one of the first American network television episodes to address the HIV/ AIDS epidemic. While it was a spin-off from The Cosby Show, A Different World typically addressed issues that were avoided by the Cosby Show writers (race and class relations, the Equal Rights Amendment).

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The series frequently depicted members of the major historically African American fraternities and sororities (along with the fictional Kappa Lambda Nu fraternity and Alpha Delta Rho sorority). After Bonet's departure, the series primarily focused on Southern belle Whitley Gilbert ( Jasmine Guy) and mathematics whiz Dwayne Wayne ( Kadeem Hardison). It is a spin-off series from The Cosby Show originally centered on Denise Huxtable ( Lisa Bonet) and the life of students at Hillman College, a fictional historically black college in the state of Virginia. A Different World is an American television sitcom which aired for six seasons on NBC (from Septem– July 9, 1993).