Roseanne canceled by ABC

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(05-30-2018, 09:11 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: 1. What was the quote about Ben Carson? Was she saying Carson wasn't a white supremacist?


3. No, it isn't.


4. Well, understanding the racist history behind calling black people apes helps with that. Trump looking like an orangutan isn't rooted in that same racial history.


5. I don't have the position, like some, that white people cannot have racism directed at them. I am just not aware of an accepted definition of racism where it is solely based on an individual's personal appearance. Racism is grounded in prejudices and stereotypes related to racial groups. Making fun of someone's appearance does not fall into that category on its own. But with a history of comparing black people to apes in a way to disparage them, and the Muslim component as well, the comments from Roseanne were blatantly racist.

But I can only assume that you will continue with your false equivalency.

1. Yes, she clearly stated she was not talking about Ben Carson when asked on (wait for it) The View

2. You skipped this

3. Of course it is; but we have reached an impasse here

4. You pretty much confirmed what I asserted. One is "more" racist because of the race we focus on. The tired opinion is we cannot all be equal now because of what happened in the past is ******** in its logic

5. So that's a no on conceding ABC affiliates have made comments on par with Rosanne's toward Trump and no apology was issued. 

There's no false equivalency; just a double standard