Roseanne Barr

On May 29, 2018, Barr tweeted that Valerie Jarrett, a Black former Obama adviser, was the product of the Muslim Brotherhood and Planet of the Apes. ABC Entertainment president Channing Dungey called the statement abhorrent and cancelled Roseanne. CNBC noted that likening Black people to apes is a common racist attack. Comparing a Black woman to an ape is the anti-Black trope documented in that coverage, not a second alleged incident.

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  May 29, 2018: ape tweet about Valerie Jarrett; ABC cancelled the showCNBC reported that ABC cancelled the sitcom Roseanne after Barr’s tweet about former Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett, who is Black: “muslim brotherhood & planet of the apes had a baby=vj.” ABC Entertainment president Channing Dungey called the statement “abhorrent, repugnant and inconsistent with our values.” CNBC wrote that likening Black people to apes is an attack commonly used by racists. Reuters and BBC recorded the same tweet, backlash, and cancellation. The ape comparison is a documented anti-Black trope. It is context for this tweet, not a separate alleged incident. Network cancellation is not a criminal verdict.Source: CNBC ↗