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

[Anonymous]

So initially I was just as appalled as everyone else that Roseanne Barr would compare an African American Woman's appearance to an ape. But in reading some comments online I noticed a number of people saying that they didn't even realize that Valerie Jarrett was African American. I looked up her picture and sure enough, imo she definitely appears more white than black and I can easily see how someone could assume that she is white. Also, and I hate to say this, but in light of the story I have to. Her facial features do have a similar look to the characters in Planet of the Apes - and NO those are not African American features that make her look that way, there's just something about her bone structure that resembles it. I do think it's possible that the Planet of the Apes remark could have been inspired by her appearance and not her race. And yes it is still an incredibly rude and ugly comment to make, but it may not have been made out of racism.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So initially I was just as appalled as everyone else that Roseanne Barr would compare an African American Woman's appearance to an ape. But in reading some comments online I noticed a number of people saying that they didn't even realize that Valerie Jarrett was African American. I looked up her picture and sure enough, imo she definitely appears more white than black and I can easily see how someone could assume that she is white. Also, and I hate to say this, but in light of the story I have to. Her facial features do have a similar look to the characters in Planet of the Apes - and NO those are not African American features that make her look that way, there's just something about her bone structure that resembles it. I do think it's possible that the Planet of the Apes remark could have been inspired by her appearance and not her race. And yes it is still an incredibly rude and ugly comment to make, but it may not have been made out of racism.

Nope, anyone who knows politics knows VJ is African-American. It was a racist statement, period. If Roseanne has fessed to it, then why bother to continue to try to justify it?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So initially I was just as appalled as everyone else that Roseanne Barr would compare an African American Woman's appearance to an ape. But in reading some comments online I noticed a number of people saying that they didn't even realize that Valerie Jarrett was African American. I looked up her picture and sure enough, imo she definitely appears more white than black and I can easily see how someone could assume that she is white. Also, and I hate to say this, but in light of the story I have to. Her facial features do have a similar look to the characters in Planet of the Apes - and NO those are not African American features that make her look that way, there's just something about her bone structure that resembles it. I do think it's possible that the Planet of the Apes remark could have been inspired by her appearance and not her race. And yes it is still an incredibly rude and ugly comment to make, but it may not have been made out of racism.

Nope, anyone who knows politics knows VJ is African-American. It was a racist statement, period. If Roseanne has fessed to it, then why bother to continue to try to justify it?

It's likely that Roseanne knew VJ is African-American otherwise we would have heard her say that she thought she was white, but the tweet still could have been inspired by her appearance and not her race. I personally don't think she really looks black.

[Anonymous]

I’m quite sure it was intentionally racist and OP is either gaslighting or trolling.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So initially I was just as appalled as everyone else that Roseanne Barr would compare an African American Woman's appearance to an ape. But in reading some comments online I noticed a number of people saying that they didn't even realize that Valerie Jarrett was African American. I looked up her picture and sure enough, imo she definitely appears more white than black and I can easily see how someone could assume that she is white. Also, and I hate to say this, but in light of the story I have to. Her facial features do have a similar look to the characters in Planet of the Apes - and NO those are not African American features that make her look that way, there's just something about her bone structure that resembles it. I do think it's possible that the Planet of the Apes remark could have been inspired by her appearance and not her race. And yes it is still an incredibly rude and ugly comment to make, but it may not have been made out of racism.

Nope, anyone who knows politics knows VJ is African-American. It was a racist statement, period. If Roseanne has fessed to it, then why bother to continue to try to justify it?

It's likely that Roseanne knew VJ is African-American otherwise we would have heard her say that she thought she was white, but the tweet still could have been inspired by her appearance and not her race. I personally don't think she really looks black.

Not only has Roseanne said that, her son provided texts that support her statement.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So initially I was just as appalled as everyone else that Roseanne Barr would compare an African American Woman's appearance to an ape. But in reading some comments online I noticed a number of people saying that they didn't even realize that Valerie Jarrett was African American. I looked up her picture and sure enough, imo she definitely appears more white than black and I can easily see how someone could assume that she is white. Also, and I hate to say this, but in light of the story I have to. Her facial features do have a similar look to the characters in Planet of the Apes - and NO those are not African American features that make her look that way, there's just something about her bone structure that resembles it. I do think it's possible that the Planet of the Apes remark could have been inspired by her appearance and not her race. And yes it is still an incredibly rude and ugly comment to make, but it may not have been made out of racism.

Nope, anyone who knows politics knows VJ is African-American. It was a racist statement, period. If Roseanne has fessed to it, then why bother to continue to try to justify it?

It's likely that Roseanne knew VJ is African-American otherwise we would have heard her say that she thought she was white, but the tweet still could have been inspired by her appearance and not her race. I personally don't think she really looks black.

Not only has Roseanne said that, her son provided texts that support her statement.

What are you saying? That Roseanne said she thought she was white? I agree with OP that if that were the case, it changes everything. People are allowed to make terrible comments about whites without repercussions.

[Anonymous]

But she isn't white.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So initially I was just as appalled as everyone else that Roseanne Barr would compare an African American Woman's appearance to an ape. But in reading some comments online I noticed a number of people saying that they didn't even realize that Valerie Jarrett was African American. I looked up her picture and sure enough, imo she definitely appears more white than black and I can easily see how someone could assume that she is white. Also, and I hate to say this, but in light of the story I have to. Her facial features do have a similar look to the characters in Planet of the Apes - and NO those are not African American features that make her look that way, there's just something about her bone structure that resembles it. I do think it's possible that the Planet of the Apes remark could have been inspired by her appearance and not her race. And yes it is still an incredibly rude and ugly comment to make, but it may not have been made out of racism.

You are as dumb as Roseanne. Congrats!

[Anonymous]

Come on, everyone knows that Valerie Jarrett is African American!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:But she isn't white.

Doesn't matter. What matters is if Roseanne thought she was. It is very different comparing a white person to an ape than a black person, although both are of course terrible. I mean, liberals here compare the president of the US to an "orange turd," but we wouldn't have been able to compare Obama to a "constipated black turd."

And before you start in with "it's fake orange tan" stuff, it still is a stupid thing to criticize Trump about. It shows a fixation on color - natural or fake - by people who proclaim that color should be irrelevant.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m quite sure it was intentionally racist and OP is either gaslighting or trolling.

OP here. I swear I'm not trolling. I didn't know anything about Valerie Jarrett before this scandal and hearing her described as an African American woman just made me assume that the planet of the apes comment was made from the same ugly comparison that racists have made for centuries, but when I actually saw her picture it made me think that what inspired Roseanne to make that horrible comparison was her appearance and not her race. Here is a picture of her.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valerie_Jarrett

And I also have to put out there that I think she is an attractive woman nonetheless.

[Anonymous]

The tweet itself is racist knowing VJ is African American.


But Roseanne as a person may not be a racist. No one has come up with any evidence that Roseanne knew VJ is African American when she tweeted it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Come on, everyone knows that Valerie Jarrett is African American!

Not everyone knows who Valerie Jarrett is. But even assuming Roseanne Barr did know her race. She did not make the comment about a woman who really appears to be African American which makes me think that the inspiration for her comment could have been based on her non-African American looks which happen to be similar to the characters in the movie.

[jsteele]

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.

[Anonymous]

[quote=Anonymous]So initially I was just as appalled as everyone else that Roseanne Barr would compare an African American Woman's appearance to an ape. But in reading some comments online I noticed a number of people saying that they didn't even realize that Valerie Jarrett was African American. I looked up her picture and sure enough, imo she definitely appears more white than black and I can easily see how someone could assume that she is white. Also, and I hate to say this, but in light of the story I have to. Her facial features do have a similar look to the characters in Planet of the Apes - and NO those are not African American features that make her look that way, there's just something about her bone structure that resembles it. I do think it's possible that the Planet of the Apes remark could have been inspired by her appearance and not her race. And yes it is still an incredibly rude and ugly comment to make, but it may not have been made out of racism. [/quote]

You are beyond stupid.