Friends is a rip off of Living Single (and a bunch of other times White People have stolen Black Ideas)

We all know that Living Single is way better of a show than Friends. Living Single, which first aired in 1993, was wildly successful. Suspiciously, in 1994, Friends aired, and Black People everywhere have wondered what the hell ever since. 1st, it was a very literal copy of Living Single and second, it was very suspiciously also in New York, though a very Whitewashed version.

According to The Guardian, David Schwimmer, the guy who played Ross on Friends, addressed the very common criticism of the lack of diversity on Friends (because where in New York is it THAT White), by saying “I don’t care,” Schwimmer said. “That show was groundbreaking in its time for the way in which it handled so casually sex, protected sex, gay marriage, and relationships… You have to look at it from the point of view of what the show was trying to do at the time. I’m the first person to say that maybe something was inappropriate or insensitive, but I feel like my barometer was pretty good at that time. I was already really attuned to social issues and issues of equality.”

Following David’s interview appeared, Erica Alexander, who played Maxine Shaw (attorney at law. I had to say it) on Living Single, took to Twitter, “Hey @DavidSchwimmer @FriendsTV, r u seriously…