An old clip from The Golden Girls spin-off The Golden Palace has resurfaced on Twitter, which shows Roland Wilson (Don Cheadle) giving Blanche Devereaux (Rue McClanahan) a brutal history lesson about the Confederate flag's legacy.Three clips were posted by freelance journalist Seb Starcevic, who noted the relevance of these scenes in light of the Black Lives Matter protests and removal of Confederate monuments. In the scene, Cheadle's character confronts Blanche over her decision to openly hang a Confederate flag in the lobby of her hotel, something she dismisses as simply being a memento of "wonderful family memories." Frustrated by her obliviousness to the flag's symbolic ties, Roland explains the flag is representative of "colleges that won't let me in. It's about jobs that won't hire me. It's about crosses that are being burned on people's lawns today."
The discussion touched on Confederacy myths through Blanche. The scene ended with both characters agreeing to understand each other better. The scene has seemingly caught the attention of the public for timely remarks made by Cheadle's character, such as, "The whole world is messed up right now, and I would like to see that get better, but in order for that to happen white people are gonna have to start making positive assumptions when they see People of Color."
The Golden Girls aired from 1985 to 1992 and followed the misadventures of four older women as they navigated their lives together in Miami. Its spin-off, The Golden Palace, ran for just a single 24-episode season between 1992 and 1993. The original show starred Bea Arthur, Betty White, Rue McClanahan and Estelle Getty, while the spin-off featured everyone but Arthur.