After the insanely racist tweet by Roseanne Barr, plus a tweet calling George Soros, a Jewish man who was nine years old when WWII began, a “Nazi sympathizer” and her later half apology and vow to stay off Twitter forever, it was nice to see someone with dignity and intelligence respond.
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At the center of the controversy was Roseanne’s intended victim, President Obama’s former senior adviser, Valerie Jarrett. Jarrett stayed largely out of the spotlight during Obama’s terms as president and was dragged through the mud by the Fox News crowd as proof of his allegiance to Middle Eastern Muslims. Jarrett was born in Iran to American parents while her father worked in Shiraz as a doctor, so of course she’s a Muslim Iranian and a member of the Muslim Brotherhood if you’re a big right-wing conspiracy fan.
"This President is going to have to stop the rhetoric, because there is a definite divide here … this has got to stop because it is ramping up, and it's very dangerous, and it's creating an unsafe atmosphere." – April Ryan on "Roseanne" cancellation https://t.co/GIvEKntjgl pic.twitter.com/aNWYlp1194
— OutFrontCNN (@OutFrontCNN) May 30, 2018
Jarrett sat down with MSNBC hosts for a panel discussion on race in America and responded to the controversy during her already-planned appearance.
‘I’m fine, I’m worried about all the people out there who don’t have a circle of friends and followers coming to their defense. The person who’s walking down the street minding their own business and they see somebody cling to their purse or want to cross the street. Or walk across the street. Or every black parent I know who has a boy who has to sit down and have a conversation — the talk, as we call it.’
Hey @ABC, Roseanne Barr compared Valerie Jarrett to an ape. There is no apology she can make that justifies @ABC turning a blind eye to this bigotry by airing another second of her show.
Even in the Age of Trump, there are red lines that can never be crossed. This is one.— Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) May 29, 2018
The panel on which Jarrett appeared was an attempt to hold a discussion on the current climate around race in America under Donald Trump and his supporters, like Roseanne Barr. It seems that discussion couldn’t come at a better time.
Tuesday @Starbucks closes its doors for race sensitivity training and we'll open a national dialogue with a town hall hosted by @JoyAnnReid & @chrislhayes to discuss the state of racial bias in America. 5/29 9PM @MSNBC or stream on Twitter #EverydayRacism https://t.co/cWcQVmOJHm pic.twitter.com/XwGd0pgyyf
— AM Joy w/Joy Reid (@amjoyshow) May 29, 2018
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