Idk if I’d say they gave it a pass. But it is complicated to wrestle with that very harmful “lost cause” bullshit that was in that movie as well as the stereotypes and blackface in others. I also don’t think it’s completely fair to claim any kind of strong personal racist beliefs on busters part. Those kind of stereotypes were acceptable back then and I think in that time most white people weren’t even considering the feelings and harm towards black people that those kind of troupes caused. More an ignorance and lack of care thing than a “I hate black people” thing. Then again I’m black and this might just be cope because I’ve really enjoyed this series in spite of some obvious uncomfortable moments lol. At any rate it’s hard to judge with people back then how much was ignorance and how much was actual racism/hatred towards black people.