Name all the social issues that Beaver touched on.

What was the episode with the black garbage man about?
Usually blacks only played porters, shoe-shiners, and servants.

Ward and June debated the pros and cons of Tom Sawyer and whether his mischief was appropriate literature for Beaver and Wally.

The SOCIAL ISSUE that sticks out the most is how GULLIBLE Beaver was due to the way that his friends and classmates were always talking him into doing STUPID stuff.

And no matter how many times he screws up by listening to them, he also never seems to learn a lesson, and keeps doing still more STUPID things again.

Getting stuck in the SOUP up on top of the BILLBOARD is one example.

Wearing the wrong clothing was another (everyone else said they would be wearing the same thing but didn't).

Thus leaving BEAVER in the SOCIAL POSITION of being such an easy PUSH OVER.

Here's some quotes from an interesting link about the show:

https://theimaginativeconservative.org/2017/10/moral-imagination-leave-it-to-beaver-michael-de-sapio.html

Beaver’s friends were a Dickensian bunch of delinquents, constantly luring him into trouble. Most memorable was Larry Mondello, whose function as tempter was emphasized by his ever-present apple; later in the series, this tempter role was filled by the aptly named Gilbert Bates (“baits”). Two of the most famous episodes of the series involved Beaver, at the instigation of his friends, attempting to smoke his father’s meerschaum pipe and climbing into a giant “soup bowl” on a roadside billboard. The scripts excelled at pinpointing the decisive moment of moral choice and the chain of causation leading to evil.

Eddie represented the antithesis of the Cleaver values. A smarmy sycophant to the adults and rascally schemer to his peers, Eddie was a menace to the social universe of Mayfield. His schemes were invariably shown to be morally bankrupt, and the episodes ended in the reinforcement of the correct moral norms.

many of the children on the show came from broken or dysfunctional homes. Larry Mondello’s father was perpetually away on business trips; his mother was a nervous wreck, struggling to raise single-handedly her wayward son. Mrs. Mondello’s advanced age carried the suggestion that Larry was a “surprise” child and unwanted. Others of Beaver’s friends talked of their fathers’ “hittin’ moods.” Eddie Haskell, too, behaved the way he did in part because of domestic discord. Divorce and alcoholism were addressed in various episodes.

Divorce in "Beaver's House Guest."

There was an episode about a genial friend of Ward's who did odd jobs, but could never keep a regular job because of his drinking. It wasn't treated as a joke, but as a tragic flaw.

Infidelity. When the mother started having an affair with the younger son's married black history teacher.

The fewer social issues a sitcom touches on, the better, zero being the gold standard.

"No hugging, no learning."

--Jerry Seinfeld

I recall when a Hispanic family moved into the neighborhood, ignorant Eddie taught unsuspecting Beaver an insult in Spanish, and he offended the son. It has been decades since I saw the episode. I grew up with the reruns. I was born in the late 60's. I think Ward apologized to the family.