I'm not sure that Roseanne's tweet about Valerie Jarrett is as racist as it appears to be

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:According to Wikipedia,

"On the television series Finding Your Roots, DNA testing indicated that Jarrett is of 49% European, 46% African, and 5% Native American descent."

Seems like she is less than 50% African.

Well, 46% is more than one drop.

DNA mixes in wierd ways. Per this article, you can for example have a parent who is 40% "italian" DNA, yet the child is also 40% italian, even when the other parent has no italian DNA.

http://genetics.thetech.org/ask-a-geneticist/ethnicity-dna-percentages-not-solid/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm not sure that Roseanne's tweet about Valerie Jarrett is as racist as it appears to be

Well you’re not an ABC executive so who gives a shit what you think.

[Anonymous]

jsteele wrote:This is very similar to DC Council Member Trayon White's defense about not knowing the Rothschilds were Jewish. It's the, "I'm not anti-Semitic/Racist, I'm stupid" defense. I believed it in White's case but have a harder time believing it in Roseanne's case. Though she certainly does have a strong argument for ignorance.

And why, exactly, did you believe White's defense but not Roseanne's?

[Anonymous]

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jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What about Susan Rice? Does she also look similar pretty but similar enough to an ape to justify Roseanne’s comment about her? OP do you also think she looks white? Roseanne has a history of posting racist stuff on Twitter.

It's also interesting that her history of Islamophobia doesn't seem to bother anyone.

It’s Trump Fatigue. The In your face Islamophobia has been with us since the inception of the Muslim ban. Apparently, I. Trumps America, there are no real consequences for blatant Islamophobia. The blatant in your face racism is nothing new either. It’s just nice to see there is a line in the sand somewhere.

Also, if you don’t live in an urban, global part of America, you might never meet a Muslim. Seriously. I was raised in the South. My mother, grad degree and fairly liberal, could not cope when I mentioned that DD’s play date that we were picking up was Muslim, so we needed to also get beef hotdogs for the girls. Instant freak out. Wait, we were going to meet Larla’s mother? A Muslim woman? What should she say? What should she do? Did Larla’s mother “take the veil” (WTF? And no, no hijab)? Was my mother “allowed” to look Larla’s mother in the eyes (again, WTF?), and this definite undertone of— I’m sure you know what you are doing, but is it really safe to let my grandchild play with a Muslim? It’s like, well, Mom, your grandchild’s school has quite a few Muslim students, our next door neighbors who you met when they came over for a picnic were Muslim (they were? And no one told me? And I treated them like human beings?)

Where I grew up, there was one Jewish family in town, who sent 2 kids to my HS. Forget Muslim. So a lot of liberals are more comfortable with Islamophobia, because they are uncomfortable around Muslims. They know they “shouldn’t be”. But they are. But they deal with different races every day.

ABC does not want to go within a million miles of the anti-Muslim crack, because a lot of Americans are anti-Islamophobia in theory. In practice, Muslims make them uneasy. Because they have no experience with Muslims— or really any cultural diversity. Whereas my kids grow up with all sorts of religious and cultural diversity. But do not have the same experiences with SES diversity I had growing up in the rural south.

Aside from the fact that Roseanne's been generally racist and Islamophobic, she specifically libeled George Soros by accusing him of giving Jews up to the Nazis. So, at some level, her racism and Islamophobia are side issues. The core issue is that she's spreading damaging lies about specific people committing terrible crimes.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So in OP's mind, it is ok to call white people apes because that isn't racist?

In the other thread, liberals read racism into Diamond and Silk sharing a banana pudding recipe

^^Exactly what I was going to say. Still find it beyond ludicrous that this (the Diamond and Silk banana pudding recipe) was used as an example of "racism."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:This is very similar to DC Council Member Trayon White's defense about not knowing the Rothschilds were Jewish. It's the, "I'm not anti-Semitic/Racist, I'm stupid" defense. I believed it in White's case but have a harder time believing it in Roseanne's case. Though she certainly does have a strong argument for ignorance.

No surprise

What is no surprise? No surprise that he believed it in White's case but is less inclined to believe it in Roseane's case? White and Roseanne are both idiots, so I'd say if you are giving a pass to White for antisemtitc statements due to ignorance, you'd need to give the same pass to Roseanne's racist statement due to ignorance. Otherwise, it's a double standard.

Yep.
+100

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP is fortunate that this is an anonymous website. If she were a public figure, she might get fired for this thread. Fortunately, she can say whatever she wants here with impunity. And she is.

Let’s just call her out for the crackerass peckerwood she is and leave it at that.

"Crackerass"? That's not racist. Nope, not one bit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The comment did not justify cancellation of the entire show - especially considering:

- the harm to so many innocent actors/writers/employees who worked on it,

- Rosanne apologized (several times), and

- she is a comedian! An entertainer. It is her job to push limits and say outrageous things. The networks need to grow up and stop pandering to snowflakes.

Well, that's certainly the exact excuse liberals used to excuse Samantha Bee's grotesque language. Somehow, the standard is different though when a conservative entertainer "pushes the limits."

[jsteele]

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:This is very similar to DC Council Member Trayon White's defense about not knowing the Rothschilds were Jewish. It's the, "I'm not anti-Semitic/Racist, I'm stupid" defense. I believed it in White's case but have a harder time believing it in Roseanne's case. Though she certainly does have a strong argument for ignorance.

And why, exactly, did you believe White's defense but not Roseanne's?

I think that it is easy to believe that White has had very little exposure to the type of history, culture, or social interactions which would have informed him of the religion of the Rothschilds. Roseanne, on the other hand, has been involved in politics for a long time. She has been a promoter of Obama-related conspiracy theories. She knew enough about Jarrett to have known that she was born in Iran. As central as race is to the anti-Obama conspiracy-theorists, I have a hard time believing that Roseanne wasn't aware of Jarrett's race. It's possible that Roseanne didn't know, but it seems very unlikely. If Roseanne thought Jarrett was Iranian, which is one story I've heard, then it really highlights how going down the conspiracy theory rabbit hole has really affected her. I wonder what else she thinks she knows that is completely wrong?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The comment did not justify cancellation of the entire show - especially considering:

- the harm to so many innocent actors/writers/employees who worked on it,

- Rosanne apologized (several times), and

- she is a comedian! An entertainer. It is her job to push limits and say outrageous things. The networks need to grow up and stop pandering to snowflakes.

Well, that's certainly the exact excuse liberals used to excuse Samantha Bee's grotesque language. Somehow, the standard is different though when a conservative entertainer "pushes the limits."

I'm pretty conservative and think Roseanne's comment was beyond disgusting and reprehensible.

[jsteele]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The comment did not justify cancellation of the entire show - especially considering:

- the harm to so many innocent actors/writers/employees who worked on it,

- Rosanne apologized (several times), and

- she is a comedian! An entertainer. It is her job to push limits and say outrageous things. The networks need to grow up and stop pandering to snowflakes.

Well, that's certainly the exact excuse liberals used to excuse Samantha Bee's grotesque language. Somehow, the standard is different though when a conservative entertainer "pushes the limits."

No, the standard for racism is different than the standard for being offensive. I keep holding out hope that conservatives will eventually figure this out, but I'm continually let down.

[Anonymous]

I think the question is what was going on in Roseanne's mind when she made that tweet. Was the Planet of the Apes comparison motivated by VJ's race or her appearance? From actually seeing a picture of her I can believe that the comparison was motivated by her appearance and not her race.

[Anonymous]

Roseanne is a slob, period. She is worth millions yet tries to come off as the working class, laugh at the system honest goober.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think the question is what was going on in Roseanne's mind when she made that tweet. Was the Planet of the Apes comparison motivated by VJ's race or her appearance? From actually seeing a picture of her I can believe that the comparison was motivated by her appearance and not her race.

Niiice.

[Anonymous]

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The comment did not justify cancellation of the entire show - especially considering:

- the harm to so many innocent actors/writers/employees who worked on it,

- Rosanne apologized (several times), and

- she is a comedian! An entertainer. It is her job to push limits and say outrageous things. The networks need to grow up and stop pandering to snowflakes.

Well, that's certainly the exact excuse liberals used to excuse Samantha Bee's grotesque language. Somehow, the standard is different though when a conservative entertainer "pushes the limits."

No, the standard for racism is different than the standard for being offensive. I keep holding out hope that conservatives will eventually figure this out, but I'm continually let down.

Maybe you could help us by defining each offensive circumstance and where it ranks, starting with the worst first. You've got racism. Whites vs. blacks, Latinos, Chinese, etc. Then the opposite where the minorities defame the whites. Next misogamy. Here woman vs. woman, man vs. woman. After that homophobic disparaging, from both straight males and straight females. Then transgender bashing, how does that rank in the list? Finally, explain how each remark is either a joke or slanderous based upon who says it, e.g. an entertainer/comedian/politician/company employee/service worker of the following classes, male or female, black or white, etc.

I am not very versed in the degree of outrage that each remark warrants in any given circumstance so please help me better understand. Also, for each let me know if it is an offense worth of firing, or if an apology or saying it was simply a joke would serve to make it go away

Thanks for your help.