ABC axes Roseanne reboot after Roseanne Barr’s racist tweet likening Valerie Jarrett, ex-Obama advisor and woman of color, to an ape


Like most sentient human beings, Roseanne costar/producer Sara Gilbert found Barr’s tweet “abhorrent”
"Roseanne" star Sara Gilbert: Roseanne's recent remarks "and so much more" are "abhorrent" https://t.co/jlppVbvVKQ pic.twitter.com/oTsPMRBsAx
— The Hill (@thehill) May 30, 2018
.@ValerieJarrett responds to Roseanne Barr's tweet, saying Disney’s chairman called her before announcing that ABC was canceling the show: "This should be a teaching moment.” #EverydayRacism pic.twitter.com/b0EvA8WAeY
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) May 29, 2018
Déjà vu all over again: Vox offers short history of Roseanne’s bigoted, batshit conspiracy-peddling tweets
You can't spell reboot without boot https://t.co/g7x049BJO7
PLUS: Her vile lies disgrace Holocaust survivors https://t.co/TCGGw6isIF
An early look at Wednesday's front… pic.twitter.com/7PraCS4Uub
— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) May 30, 2018
Stay focused.
Health care premiums, gas prices skyrocketing.
Immigrant kids ripped away from their parents.
The federal government morphing into a kleptocracy.
Wanna talk about Rosanne today? Fine. But tomorrow, let’s get back to work.
— Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) May 30, 2018
Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr calls NFL anthem policy “idiotic”

Esquire‘s Jack Holmes explains how the Roseanne and NFL controversies are alike and dissimilar

Florida cop posts Facebook death wish aimed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student and #NeverAgain activist David Hogg
Starbucks closes 8,000 stores for a day so 175,000 employees can bone up on racial bias
GOP Congresswoman running for governor of Tennessee attributes the spike in school shootings to “pornography” sold in “grocery stores”
Republican Rep. Diane Black of Tennessee says pornography is a "root cause" of school shootings https://t.co/meENizp760 pic.twitter.com/GvsgRtxELY
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) May 29, 2018
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