Wondering About "The Wonder Years"?

Today I watched the pilot episode of "The Wonder Years". Growing up, my family and I watched the original show which aired in the late 80s to early 90s, and I even watched reruns later in life so I was interested in seeing how it would be.

While watching, my mind started twitching, reminiscing about the details that made the original a good show. It was about current events, family, friends, school, a boy in love with a girl, sibling rivalry, so many other situations that you typically see in any American household. Yet, for some reason, I couldn't help but wonder if remaking the show from the vantage point of a Black character would suddenly change the essence of the show from a situational comedy to just a "Black" situational comedy. When a White family was the cast, all of us could enjoy it. So I wonder, do certain events of the time that the show was set suddenly become unrelatable if they are told from a Black cast's perspective? Do some experiences affect everyone while other events only affect certain groups? 

Without giving spoilers, I recall a scene where a White couple approaches a group of Black people to give condolences for the death of a prominent Black figure. All I could think of was how much of this happens in the real world. When something else happens to a human that just so happens to be Black, non-Black people react with either empathy or apathy directed towards the Black community. All the feelings are mostly to us but not with us. I wonder if they feel anything as a Non-Black person or is it solely our rage to feel?  I heard another Black person was killed so I know you must feel bad. I mean, I don't feel bad as a human that something happened to a human. Since he was Black, it only affects you so I'm sorry for you. 

So many parallels. Even the show is probably looked at as a "Black" show. People of different races watched the original because it was a nice show to watch, not because it was a "White" show. We live in a world where many shows have been rebooted, yet, I wonder, how many people who watched the original decided to skip out on watching this; not necessarily because they are leery of watching reboots because they aren't always as good as the original - but simply because it was no longer just a reboot - it was a "Black" reboot (so, you know, it's just for them)...