I remember watching the first season of A Different World and kind of wondering why Marisa Tomei's character was attending what seemed to be a black school. It may not have been intended to be one, but having a primarily African-American cast certainly made It seem that way.

They didn't. According to the Wikipedia entry for the series Stan Berenstain had problems with a grade school teacher misspelling his name. There has apparently been some Berenstain Bears merchandise that had the name misspelled as Berenstein.
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