Thursday, May 31, 2018
Political Mayhem Thursday: Roseanne
ABC cancelled Roseanne Barr's show on Tuesday after she tweeted something just awful about Obama advisor Valerie Jarrett-- referring to her as an "ape." ABC was right to do so.
Valerie Jarrett is a lovely person. She was a real advocate within the Obama administration for policies reflecting human dignity, including clemency. I'm baffled at why someone like Roseanne Barr would be focused on her, much less with such intense anger and racism.
Here's the thing, too... it wasn't even Roseanne's first time to tweet out that an African-American Obama appointee was an "ape." In 2013, she referred to Susan Rice as an "ape." How did here career survive that? Why did ABC give a show to someone who had already proven her inner rottenness?
The whole episode makes me sad. I know that there are people who will cheer Barr on because she is not "politically correct."
And she's not. But she IS racist, boorish, hateful, and cruel. That should matter, no matter what your politics might be.
Valerie Jarrett is a lovely person. She was a real advocate within the Obama administration for policies reflecting human dignity, including clemency. I'm baffled at why someone like Roseanne Barr would be focused on her, much less with such intense anger and racism.
Here's the thing, too... it wasn't even Roseanne's first time to tweet out that an African-American Obama appointee was an "ape." In 2013, she referred to Susan Rice as an "ape." How did here career survive that? Why did ABC give a show to someone who had already proven her inner rottenness?
The whole episode makes me sad. I know that there are people who will cheer Barr on because she is not "politically correct."
And she's not. But she IS racist, boorish, hateful, and cruel. That should matter, no matter what your politics might be.
