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. The Roseanne I know could probably use some compassion and help right now,” he haphazardly scribbled on Twitter.Īnd even in that fact, Black women are always expected to be graceful in our response to the staunch oppression and disrespect we face. Please take a breath and remember that mental health issues are real. “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. 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.