Editing Boy Meets World (section)

===Cultural impact===
Angela's [[interracial relationship]] with Shawn was a relative rarity for a major network television show targeting youths at the time. [[Trina McGee-Davis]] once remarked that the typical reaction she received from young fans regarding the relationship was overwhelmingly positive and encouraging, often inquiring as to when the characters would reconcile after a breakup. She expressed her personal wish that her character's relationship would serve as an example of [[color blindness (race) in the United States|color blindness]] for the world, in lieu of a less positive reaction a similar relationship had received on ''[[Ally McBeal]]'' at the time.<ref name="Interracial">{{cite news |last=McGee-Davis |first=Trina |author-link=Trina McGee-Davis |date=1999-02-22 |title=TV Can Help World Erase Color Lines |newspaper=The Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-feb-22-ca-10422-story.html |url-status=live |access-date=May 25, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110225603/http://articles.latimes.com/1999/feb/22/entertainment/ca-10422 |archive-date=November 10, 2013}}</ref>

Eric and Shawn both wore a popular 1990s hairstyle called [[curtained hair]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-08-03 |title=Boy Meets World: a teen franchise that delivers blankets of warm and fuzzies |url=http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2021/aug/03/boy-meets-world-a-teen-franchise-that-delivers-blankets-of-warm-and-fuzzies |access-date=2022-05-25 |website=the Guardian |language=en |archive-date=May 25, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220525003428/https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2021/aug/03/boy-meets-world-a-teen-franchise-that-delivers-blankets-of-warm-and-fuzzies |url-status=live }}</ref>

The show also addresses the cultural issues of [[child abuse]] ("Dangerous Secret"), [[sexual harassment]] ("Chick Like Me", "Everybody Loves Stuart"), and [[underage drinking]]/[[alcohol use]] ("If You Can't Be with the One You Love…").<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-02-11 |title=Boy Meets World: 9 Episodes That Proved The Show Was Ahead Of Its Time |url=https://screenrant.com/boy-meets-world-episodes-ahead-time/ |access-date=2022-05-25 |website=ScreenRant |language=en-US |archive-date=May 25, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220525003424/https://screenrant.com/boy-meets-world-episodes-ahead-time/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-01-09 |title=Boy Meets World: 10 Times The Show Touched On Serious Topics |url=https://screenrant.com/boy-meets-world-episodes-serious-subject-matter/ |access-date=2022-05-25 |website=ScreenRant |language=en-US |archive-date=May 25, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220525003425/https://screenrant.com/boy-meets-world-episodes-serious-subject-matter/ |url-status=live }}</ref>