"all in the family" is about a family who lives during the early 1970s in the suburbs of queens, new york city. the sitcom's main character is a world war ii veteran and blue-collar worker archie bunker. archie bunker is old, a bigot, and is not very smart. he gets mad at the changes he sees in the world and wants to go back to when life was more easier. archie does not like the democratic party and is a republican. he stereotypes every person he meets. his wife, edith bunker is a nice woman but she is not very smart. she has a very big family but her family does not like archie bunker. archie and edith have one child. they have a daughter named gloria stivic who is a feminist. archie calls gloria "little girl". gloria is married to michael stivic who is unemployed and is of polish descent. archie calls michael the "meathead" because michael has different ideas about politics then archie. michael and gloria have a son together. archie thinks that michael is dead from his neck to his head. archie does not like the jeffersons who are the african american family that live next door to them. archie argues with george jefferson many times but george's wife is a friends with edith. her name is louise jefferson. george and louise have a son named lionel jefferson who helps out archie. the jeffersons move away and into the city. edith also has a cousin named maude findlay who takes care of the bunkers when they get sick. archie argues with maude many times because they do not have the same opinions about politics. the characters who live around archie and his family are meant to show the changing demographics in the world, which archie does not like.