I didn't like this show. It was a very precursor to the "Niggas aint shit and leave their kids" trope that became very popular in black media afterwards to this day....even if the main character is trying to get his family back during the show.
I think you might be looking at the show the wrong way, dude.
#1. It's about a brother trying to get his family
BACK after initially running out on them. He's a former loser who's now trying to make amends and win his family back.
#2. Rather than becoming a bitter, Black man hating swirler, the ex-wife found love
(or at least a somewhat stable relationship) with another Black man.
#3. A good, upstanding Black man stepped up and was attempting to be a good husband/father for both her and her children.
(Even though he was deemed comic relief and the butt of every joke).
Essentially, this match up was very much the same dynamic as Cleveland Brown vs Robert Tubbs in the Cleveland Show.
The cool brother vs the square, upstanding family oriented brother who stepped up.
Just sayin'...