racism

As you may have already heard, Roseanne Barr is in hot water over her racist tweets about Obama aide Valerie Jarrett. Earlier today, the star of the now-cancelled ABC show tweeted the following: "guys I did something unforgivable so do not defend me. It was 2 in the morning and I was ambien tweeting -- it was memorial day too -- i went 2 far & do not want it defended -- it was egregious Indefensible. I made a mistake I wish I hadn't but...don't defend it please." 

This supposed explanation has struck many as an offensive excuse. Many people, including comedians like Patton Oswalt and Andy Richter, used Twitter to go IN on Barr. Even the makers of Ambien were quick to clap back at her, tweeting that "While all pharmaceutical treatments have side effects, racism is not a known side effect of any Sanofi medication." You can indulge in all the primo shade below. 

Roseanne Barr has said some pretty shocking things since the reboot of the '90s sitcom Roseanne, but  people were still pretty shocked when ABC abruptly decided to cancel the show after her particularly racist remarks about Barack Obama's former Senior Adviser Valerie Jarrett. Roseanne later apologized for her comments on Twitter, but people have very clearly already made up their minds on the matter.

If you've been on the internet at all over the past couple weeks, you've probably become acquainted with BBQ Becky. She's currently internet famous for her racist call to the police over a group of black men barbequing in an Oakland Park. Clips of the disgruntled woman's call quickly became a viral photoshop meme, and even inspired an SNL parody. When Nashville comedian Tim Northern decided he wanted a piece of the make-fun-of-racists pie, the bar got RAISED. He decided to share these hilarious photos of himself "snitching" on white people. If you like what you see, find more on his personal Facebook page!

YouTuber Michelle Dione posted this video of a white woman calling the cops and asking a group of African American people to leave a park in Oakland, California where they were having a barbecue. The incident inspired people to make memes mocking the woman for racial profiling, using civil rights milestones.

Kanye West told TMZ Live on Tuesday that he believes that 400 years of slavery in the United States must've been a "choice." Understandably, this incited anger in a lot of people on the grounds of the statement being historically inaccurate and all-around absurd. Consequently, Twitter began roasting the crap out of Kanye under the tag #IfSlaveryWasAChoice.

Utah high school senior Keziah Daum made a lot of people angry recently for wearing a traditional Chinese dress to her prom. Many people on Twitter accused her of cultural appropriation, but she's standing by her decision to wear the dress as appreciation for Chinese culture.