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She stressed that Barr’s tweets were “a teachable moment” and that she was “fine.” For example, when Jarret was on MSNBC’s recent “Everyday Racism in America” special, she was the stoic pillar of what we’re told we need to be: Strong, unaffected and indestructible. On a whim, these same women can call the police on us for innocently living our lives because our bodies are automatically read as dangerous, problematic and expendable.Īnd even in that fact, Black women are always expected to be graceful in our response to the staunch oppression and disrespect we face. It’s so damn frustrating to see folks like Barr coast off their white womanhood in order to garner sympathy for being dangerous and evil, meanwhile we don’t have that luxury. Instead of trying to explain away Barr’s utter hatred, it would have been nice if Kimmel recognized the trauma we consistently encounter for being caught in the crosshairs of white supremacy on a daily basis. Not surprisingly, when it comes to us, this collective empathy is always MIA. Thankfully, those with decency seem to agree and weren’t letting Kimmel get away with this silly conflating and giving those with mental illness a bad name:
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Jimmy: Where was all this concern when she had a photo shoot dressed up as a Hitler pulling cookies shaped like Jewish Holocaust victims out of an oven? We are dealing and reckoning with the Roseanne that’s been this way for years. I also don’t care about this Roseanne he thought he knew. Actually, the two have absolutely nothing to do with the other. I can’t speak to Barr’s mental state, despite her blaming sleep aid Ambien for her bigotry, but last time I checked being “crazy” isn’t equivalent to being racist, nor is it an excuse for it. Yes, this grown man really just told Americans to temper their critiques because a grown ass 65-year-old woman, known for promoting racism, xenophobia and conspiracy theories on her social media pages, appears to be unstable. The Roseanne I know could probably use some compassion and help right now. Please take a breath and remember that mental health issues are real. What said is indefensible, but angrily attacking a woman who is obviously not well does no good for anyone. The Roseanne I know could probably use some compassion and help right now,” he haphazardly scribbled on Twitter. “What TheRealRoseanne said is indefensible, but angrily attacking a woman who is obviously not well does no good for anyone. On Wednesday (May 30), ABC’s late-night talk show host took to social media to scold us critics for not having compassion for Barr, because without an actual and official diagnosis, she’s “mentally ill.” But the jagged little pill I’m having an incredibly hard time swallowing is the amount of excuses and mental backflips too many white liberals are making in order to pacify these blatant and dangerous racists. And since the election, I’ve just accepted this to be our new reality.
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I’m clear that a huge crux of ya’all’s President’s followers shamelessly lacks common sense and advocates that facts just don’t matter. And let these same people tell it, while Barr is just exercising her right First Amendment to speak her truth, Colin Kaepernick is a terrorist for silently protesting state violence by taking a knee during the National Anthem. Hell, they’ve even gone as far as to scream that Jarret, whose doctor father couldn’t walk through the front doors of the Chicago hospital he worked at back in the day because of his race, isn’t really Black.īut this is merely par for the course for “free thought” in Trump’s America.