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Roseanne Barr Tweets Ugly Racist Attack on Valerie Jarrett; Her ABC Show Is Canceled; Right Wingers Mobilize to Defend Her

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goddamnedfrank5/29/2018 1:39:48 pm PDT

re: #149 Blind Frog Belly White

I dunno. Sara Gilbert kind of grew up on the original show, and probably sees Roseanne as almost like a family member, like a racist grandmother.

And a meal ticket, obviously.

It’s part of white privilege to be able to overlook racism in people you’re close to, because it’s not directed at you.

Yes, this. This is the fucking problem. And Sara’s approach to that problem was to create a show centered around the idea that white liberals overlooking the racism in people they’re close to is somehow aspirational. It’s not.