The morning we were ready to come back for the second season, I pick up my phone, and it’s blowing up. I’m like, “What is this?” I looked at the Valerie Jarrett tweet, and I was like, “Aw, jeez, I can’t condone this.”
I emailed Bruce and Tom Werner and I was like, “Guys, I can’t be a part of this.” I didn’t hear anything right away. They were probably busy trying to figure out what they were going to do. So then I said: “I’ve got to get ahead of this. I can’t just be silent.” That’s why I said I wouldn’t be going back.
I think she has some issues. She’s said that she had some mental issues. But I don’t know. Here’s the thing. You could be a good person and a racist and not even know it. All racism doesn’t have to be nasty.
Wanda Sykes speaking to The New York Times about the “Roseanne debacle.”
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Ukin Blome
Wanda, I respect your compassion and ability to give people the benefit of the doubt but there is no way you can think of black people as monkeys and be a good person. That is just impossible
1898
i would agree with you if you were talking about someone who doesn’t have severe mental illness, but roseanne is pretty severely mentally ill
Catholicslutbox
Her Netflix special is very racist? She’s constantly talking about white people do this and that…or is it not racist because she’s black?
I like wonda but come on.
OrchidIslander
She also poked fun at being black, and her wife is white. It’s called comedy.
Apolodorus
could you give some specific details of how she was racist against white people? I’m not being disingenuous, just trying to understand.
OrchidIslander
She wasn’t racist against white people, her spouse is white.
funpitt412
Hey people, Relax. Wanda is a democrat and can be forgiven. That bitch Roseanne is a republican and CANNOT be forgiven no matter what. Remember the Democrat rules DO AS YOU ARE TOLD, STOP ASKING QUESTIONS, NEVER TALK TO A REPUBLICAN AND FOR GOD SAKE GET YOUR MIND BACK ON THE PLANTATION.
swamp bubble
and see I think you’re both stupid for different reasons.