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saidsimplesimon

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21. Effie, I salute you.

Reply to EffieBlack (Original post)

Tue May 29, 2018, 07:21 PM

May 2018

However, you are mistaken to ignore the "white horde" who had your back, imho.

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Roseanne cancellation shows what happens when we push back against White Privilege. [View all] EffieBlack May 2018 OP

Excellent observation and YES my first reaction to all of this was Roseanne Eliot Rosewater May 2018 #1

Have to admit cungar2000 May 2018 #18

Me too... FarPoint May 2018 #26

Post removed Post removed May 2018 #2

What in my post in any way says that that is not the case? EffieBlack May 2018 #4

I read your post. Your point was injecting "white privilege" into it. Dave Starsky May 2018 #8

I guess you would see it that way. EffieBlack May 2018 #42

"when white privilege gets trumped by a little bit of black power" Roland99 May 2018 #17

I didn't say only blacks were offended EffieBlack May 2018 #43

No kidding... Dennis Donovan May 2018 #5

It's not ridiculous. The president of the U.S. will NOT be impeached CakeGrrl May 2018 #6

Hear hear EffieBlack May 2018 #7

+1000! mcar May 2018 #31

I'm pretty sure if a POC publicly insulted whites, they'd get fired a lot faster than Barr did flibbitygiblets May 2018 #23

Let's not forget how Janelle Hill got a suspenion for simply calling the president racist. I'm sure Afromania May 2018 #29

Roseanne was fired literally within an hour or two of sending the tweet oberliner May 2018 #57

Perhaps you missed all the racist comments she made going back to at least 2013 flibbitygiblets May 2018 #60

I've been posting about them all day oberliner May 2018 #61

I guess I didn't understand the point of your reply to my post then? flibbitygiblets May 2018 #62

They did act very quickly once the tweet came out oberliner May 2018 #65

Indeed that is very interesting...maybe it's on people's minds because today is flibbitygiblets May 2018 #66

Why do you care why Wanda Sykes agreed to work on the show? EffieBlack May 2018 #63

She was the first to quit when the racist tweet came out oberliner May 2018 #64

+1 orangecrush May 2018 #24

Thank you, David. I agree entirely. Hortensis May 2018 #3

That is a huge stretch. Like Plastic Man / Mr. Fantastic level stretch. Caliman73 May 2018 #14

Funny watching people who insist there's no such thing as "white privilege" are now throwing a fit EffieBlack May 2018 #44

Do be sure to warm up thoroughly before you make those kinds of leaps. WhiskeyGrinder May 2018 #15

All the way from one end of the OP's TITLE to the other. Hortensis May 2018 #40

I suppose simply saying it's so helps you believe it to be true... regardless. LanternWaste May 2018 #70

A few years ago, Roseanne would not have gotten away with calling a black person an ape wonkwest May 2018 #9

She has literally gotten away... tonedevil May 2018 #46

And in '09 mercuryblues May 2018 #56

Great post MaryMagdaline May 2018 #10

Speaking of that, Disney saw how "Black Panther" made them megabucks BumRushDaShow May 2018 #16

That's so great MaryMagdaline May 2018 #48

Yup BumRushDaShow May 2018 #67

why did anyone support her in the first place? mokawanis May 2018 #11

She should never have been given a show EffieBlack May 2018 #45

+1 uponit7771 May 2018 #49

"Life's not fair," BumRushDaShow May 2018 #12

The only thing bad about it is how much effort it took. But they can be beaten. WhiskeyGrinder May 2018 #13

K&R ismnotwasm May 2018 #19

K&R catrose May 2018 #20

Effie, I salute you. saidsimplesimon May 2018 #21

Not ignoring y'all at all EffieBlack May 2018 #47

That's not "White Privilege". That's just plain abhorrent bigotry. Lil Missy May 2018 #22

I tend agree with you, this isn't the best example of white privilege. Rather it is an still_one May 2018 #32

White Privilege is not a choice. Accessing it to promote, oppose or ignore bigotry is the choice. Marcuse May 2018 #34

She is, and she did grantcart May 2018 #36

The privilege isn't in what she said. It's in the fact that she's gotten away with it for so long EffieBlack May 2018 #39

+1, folk are acting like Rosanne just became a racist 8 hrs ago uponit7771 May 2018 #50

"She could have just as well written a rant about Jewish People." --Like this? BumRushDaShow May 2018 #68

I'm just happy she's gone. Good riddance to a horrible human being. flibbitygiblets May 2018 #25

ABC knew who Barr was before they allowed her show to proceed in the first place. still_one May 2018 #27

Thank you. DashOneBravo May 2018 #35

The times, they seem to finally be a'changin' mcar May 2018 #28

Excellent post - Thank you! Mountain Mule May 2018 #30

As well as right-wing privilege. sandensea May 2018 #33

Good post.... Civic Justice May 2018 #37

I agree - we, even those of us whose skin color is white - need to stand up against the racism, hatr debsy May 2018 #38

Plenty of white people stood up and pushed back EffieBlack May 2018 #41

SO TRUE!! InAbLuEsTaTe May 2018 #51

Even white people don't like her! I'm white. She doesn't represent me. Kajun Gal May 2018 #52

At the risk of saying something tactless DonCoquixote May 2018 #53

and for those that demand figures DonCoquixote May 2018 #54

Plus I just read yesterday that the BP character "Shuri" was just designated a "Disney Princess" BumRushDaShow May 2018 #69

You're absolutely right EffieBlack May 2018 #55

BP showed that white dudes are not the only people with money DonCoquixote May 2018 #58

I think Spike Lee won the Gran Prix at Cannes this year. Bok_Tukalo May 2018 #59