Category: Race and Television

What does Roseanne’s tweet mean for us?

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Yesterday, Roseanne Barr, star of the reboot of the 90s sitcom Roseanne, tweeted a comparison of former Obama adviser, Valerie Jarrett to an “ape.”  Jarrett has since responded during an interview with MSNBC, calling it a “teaching moment” as has the president of ABC Entertainment Group, Channing Dungey and Disney CEO Bob Iger.  He also called Jarrett.  After the cancellation […]

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No ‘Confederate’

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Confederate.  It’s the title of a potential new series on HBO.  An idea from the creators of the wildly popular (I hear) Game of Thrones, David Benioff and D.B. Weiss want persons to imagine that slavery in America never ended and worse still, to be entertained by it.  It is an alternate ending but it also allows persons who […]

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Cheerio!

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A Cheerios commercial depicting a multiethnic family has prompted racist responses on social media.  USA Today reports that “Hate talk won’t derail mixed- race Cheerios ad.”  Cheerio!

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Race According to Fred Sanford

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I woke up this morning at 5:42 a.m. at least that’s what my clock said.  There’s only one problem; I’m not an early riser— at least not on the weekend.  I’ve been resetting things all morning, including my internet.  It seems that last night’s storm, knocked out the power in our apartment.  It’s currently 10:14 […]

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