ABC dealt swift retribution to Roseanne Barr last night following her racist tweet about former Obama aide Valerie Jarrett, promptly cancelling her prime-time, eponymous sitcom that was the top show on ABC and one of the top shows across all networks.
Asked about the situation during an MSNBC town hall on Tuesday, Jarrett said: “I think we have to turn it into a teaching moment.
In the since-deleted offending tweet, Barr wrote: “Muslim brotherhood & planet of the apes had a baby=vj.”
Or every black parent I know who has a boy who has to sit down and have a conversation, ‘the talk’ as we call it.