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orleans

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16. and on a lighter note

Reply to EffieBlack (Original post)

Wed May 30, 2018, 02:11 AM

May 2018

and also posted on jason johnson's twitter feed (as a reply to which johnson answered ding ding ding...)

"In Roseanne’s defense, it’s hard to know the difference between racism that gets you fired versus racism that gets you elected President of the United States." -brian sproul

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"Privilege? All Roseanne had to do to keep her job is not compare a black woman to an ape." [View all] EffieBlack May 2018 OP

I was thinking lordsummerisle May 2018 #1

Yes, it's a shame. And if Roseanne had kept her mouth shut, they'd still all have jobs EffieBlack May 2018 #2

I guess their white privilege failed them Bok_Tukalo May 2018 #3

That's pretty funny given the struggles people of color have had to get hired in behind-the-camera EffieBlack May 2018 #5

I have a hard time feeling sorry for anyone who worked for Roseanne fescuerescue May 2018 #15

I think it failed them when Roseanne... sheshe2 May 2018 #7

All her reruns cancelled, too? murielm99 May 2018 #13

Or maybe Ms. Barr failed them... LanternWaste May 2018 #19

And she would have kept her job even after exboyfil May 2018 #4

All ABC had to do was read Roseanne's tweets over the last 5 years oberliner May 2018 #6

Due diligence. /nt tonedevil May 2018 #17

The comment made me ill. hamsterjill May 2018 #8

ABC did the right thing w/Roseanne & you did the right thing w/ex- friend. oasis May 2018 #12

She could have made her nauseating MontanaMama May 2018 #9

Bingo EffieBlack May 2018 #10

Oh snap. MontanaMama May 2018 #11

+1 flibbitygiblets May 2018 #14

and on a lighter note orleans May 2018 #16

For me, calling someone an ape and acting like it is an insult just shows even more logosoco May 2018 #18