Kap said "characters assimilate or conform". How in God's green Earth did Urkel conform or assimilate? Because he was intelligent, nerdy, corny at times, that made him assimilate or conform? Steve's whole family (Winslows), life, women he liked, best friends, bringing Johnny Gill, New Edition, Freddie Jackson to sing (white folks don't know about Johnny Gill or Freddie Jackson like that), that's all black. I NEVER saw Urkel as a white based character. He was culturally black all day. Urkel even had Laura's back when the white kids sprayed ****** on Laura's locker. Kap is reaching.
Now Carlton... he was questionable in the beginning but as seasons went on, he became less of a Bryant Gumbel joke character and more of a Black Republican type of dude, who again had a Black family, pledged a Black frat, was into Black women, went on Soul Train, etc. Storyline wise, I like to think him going to jail over driving too slow changed him. But nothing was really c00ning about Carlton (especially after the 1st season), even if you thought he conformed or assimilated. He was just corny and a nerd.
And I never knew white America "made" Carlton or Urkel. Those characters are beloved in the black community as well as everywhere else. Now JJ, that's a different subject.