The tweet that caused an uproar that led to the cancellation of Roseanne Barr’s ABC sitcom, writes Steve Chapman, was a reminder of the most illuminating and depressing reality of our time: the stubborn centrality of race and racism in our national life.
ABC should have known what it was getting with Barr, whose show it dropped after she likened Valerie Jarrett, a former aide to President Obama, to an ape. But the network had been willing to overlook her nasty side in hopes of appealing to those forgotten souls who voted for Donald Trump.
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