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MAGA Darling Roseanne Barr Throws a Scary Threat at Candace Owens and Then This Happens

During an podcast appearance, Barr called Owens a “monster” before threatening to physically fight her.

By

Phenix S Halley

Published

April 22, 2025
Entertainment, Movies

You Won’t Believe What Famous Actor Almost Played ‘Wicked’s’ Elphaba Instead of Cynthia Erivo

Some of Hollywood’s biggest stars wanted to play the Wicked Witch in the original non-musical film adaptation of the novel.

By

Stephanie Holland

Published

December 20, 2024
Culture, Race Matters

Black Ross Employee Remains Calm While KK-Karen Calls Her a 'Black Bitch'

People online are praising the Black woman for remaining calm while an abusive white woman berates her. I’m just tired of us having to take the high road.

By

Zack Linly

Published

June 14, 2021
News, Opinion, Opinion

Cancel Culture Doesn’t Exist, But Even If It Did…Maaaaaan, I Know Conservatives Ain’t Talkin'

First of all… In 2002, Rush Limbaugh’s puss-bucket, Bill O’Reilly, successfully used his platform on Fox News to pressure Pepsi to cancel their business relationship with legendary Atlanta rapper Ludacris and pull every single one of its ads that featured him from the airwaves. It took one day. “I’m calling for all responsible Americans to…

By

Zack Linly

Published

March 8, 2021
Entertainment

Seems Like We Can't Get Rid of Roseanne Barr That Easily; Comedian Speaks Out About Job Offers She's Received Since Racist Rant

In another life, maybe Roseanne Barr was a cop or something. Or, maybe this is just peak caucasity at work. Either way, it looks like we may not be getting rid of the washed-up comedian any time soon, at least not after her racist rant a little less than two months ago. According to Barr…

By

Breanna Edwards

Published

July 2, 2018
Entertainment

Wakanda Stole the Show at This Year’s MTV Movie Awards

The world of Wakanda inundated this year’s MTV Movie & TV Awards, and we’re not mad about it at all. From Tiffany Haddish’s opening sequence, in which she challenges “T’Chadwick Boseman” for the right to rule Wakanda, to Michael B. Jordan’s sharp jab at Roseanne Barr, Black Panther and its cast served us all our…

By

Anne Branigin

Published

June 19, 2018
Entertainment

ABC Is Trying to Figure Out How to Keep Profiting Off Roseanne’s Brand Without Involving Roseanne: Report

ABC canceled Roseanne on Tuesday after its star Roseanne Barr sent out a tweet saying that former Barack Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett was the child of the Muslim Brotherhood and Planet of the Apes. Although Roseanne would later claim it wasn’t, everyone with a brain knew that the tweet was racist, and ABC acted accordingly.…

By

Monique Judge

Published

June 1, 2018
Culture, Media

Roseanne Train Wreck Raises Issues of Race in TV Coverage

In the fallout over ABC’s cancellation of “Rosanne” over star Rosanne Barr’s racist tweet, much of the commentary congratulatory, some critics raised a challenging question: How can the media cater to red-state voters without mainstreaming the racism that too many of them embrace? “What is America going to do about the normalization of racism?” (video)…

By

Richard Prince

Published

May 30, 2018
Entertainment

Roseanne Doesn’t Normalize Trump-Supporting Racists. It’s a Documentary

Although I might be in the minority of black people, I am willing to admit that I love ABC’s reboot of Roseanne. I haven’t watched a single episode—nor do I plan to—but I like the idea that it exists. As one of America’s foremost wypipologists, I didn’t enter this field of study because I find…

By

Michael Harriot

Published

April 6, 2018
Of Course Trump Called to Congratulate Roseanne on Her TV-Show Reboot—It’s Helping to Normalize ‘MAGA’ Hate

In real life, Roseanne Barr is a rich white woman who loves Donald Trump. On her TV show, Roseanne, Barr plays a blue-collar, working-class white woman who loves Donald Trump. While the real-life Roseanne is part of a head-scratching 53 percent of white women who voted for Trump and against their self-interests, Barr’s small-screen persona,…

By

Stephen A. Crockett Jr.

Published

March 29, 2018