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Originally Posted by Frownland
Still don't see it. Maybe it's easier for y'all racists.
Her neck makes it look like someone's trying to put on a mask of her face that's too small though.
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That's racist.
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Originally Posted by Janszoon
The part where she compared a black woman to an ape. There is a very long history of racists comparing black people to apes or monkeys in an attempt to dehumanize them. This is really common knowledge. I'm sure Roseanne Barr is well aware of it.
I see this as ABC protecting their public image and thereby their bottom line, since a large percentage of the American public is not fond of racism.
I have no idea what you're talking about in your last paragraph. I'm not aware of Roseanne making the comment you're referring to.
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She has ZERO black people features that resemble the traits people have historically linked between black people and monkeys. While I don't think it's a stretch for you and Frown to draw that comparison, I think you're both to busy standing up for racism to admit that you can see how even non-racists could understand the resemblance between Valerie Jarret and a female monkey from Planet of the Apes. Crude and insensitive humor? Sure. Racist? Maybe, but certainly not obviously. If Roseanne said that about some random black person that had no resemblance to a planet of the ape monkey than sure, I'm with you guys, but Valerie Jarret totally does in ridiculous, Batlord stupid humor kind of way. You don't have to find it funny or acceptable humor.