Dear Clair Huxtable: A Letter To My Favorite TV Mom (PHOTOS, VIDEOS) (Huffington post)
Copper complexion. Almond-shaped eyes. Jet black hair. Infectious smile. Clair
Huxtable, no other TV mom has lived up to your iconic beauty or brains.
I spent my Thursday evenings as a child glued to my family’s wooden television
set watching “The Cosby Show” and pretending to be one of your long-lost
daughters. As a firm yet fabulous wife, mother of five and attorney, you
introduced America to an image of a black woman that shattered racial
stereotypes — long before Michelle Obama moved onto Pennsylvania Avenue.
From color-blocking sweatsuits to chunky necklaces and earrings to bold
shoulder pads and knee-length skirts to jewel-toned silk pajamas, you gave me
weekly lessons in how to dress like a lady. And how could I forget the way you
went to bed wearing smokey eye makeup and dark lipstick.
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