Tracee Ellis Ross won Best Actress in a TV Comedy at the Golden Globes for her role on the ABC comedy Black-ish, and dedicated her win to “women, women of color, and colorful people whose stories, ideas, thoughts are not always considered worthy and valid and important.”
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Proving that there might be an incendiary Donald Trump tweet for every occasion, Dave Itzkoff of the New York Times unearthed this one from Oct. 2014.
How is ABC Television allowed to have a show entitled “Blackish”? Can you imagine the furor of a show, “Whiteish”! Racism at highest level?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump)
Itzkoff’s tweet, “Never forget,” has been retweeted more than 1,900 times, as of this writing. But some people had to be convinced it was real.
at first i thought it was the fake trump account that tweeted this then i realized https://t.co/opu4wa79g2
— নারীন (@nareenz)
Wait…this isn’t real, right? This is an #snl joke? https://t.co/9vEIAH9QGt
— Rebecca O’Donnell (@RDBlueCanary)
When I saw this, I literally thought, oh some stupid kid is mouthing off. Then I saw who it was. The president-elec… https://t.co/3zBr8OUb01
— sum 😰 one (@enargins)
OMGGGGGGGGG I 100% THOUGHT A PARODY ACCOUNT TWEETED THIS… WE ARE FUCKING DOOMED ITS OVER. THIS BITCH IS REALLY O… https://t.co/qlUEqAqIpw
— sophia petrillo stan (@rebelthot)
When I saw that someone had “never forget” tweeted this (sorry, can’t find it anymore) I thought it had to be from… https://t.co/3i7PMNe7GN
— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid)
Others marveled that Trump will soon be sworn in as president.
Sounds to me like the ravings of a crazy old man and not the leader of the free world but I’m not an expert 🙄 https://t.co/HQOKP8GOWP
— Sana (@tweetsbysana)
So glad we didn’t make this guy our Presi….
OH DEAR GOD! https://t.co/e9S9wHTWeL
— Charles (@MrLXC)
Next president.. Yikes 👀 https://t.co/NeZwfx7nVh
— Dimeji Babalola (@dimejibabalola)
“but Trump and Hillary are equally bad!111!!!11!”
seriously I can’t believe people irl are still saying shit like… https://t.co/CseECW66cz
— Aditi (@secofsnark)
And some wanted to let Trump know that “Whiteish” has already been on the air.
It’s called “Friends” and it was very popular in the 90s and early 2000s https://t.co/LLm02LUnfP
— Kit (@maybemarvellous)
Um @realDonaldTrump White Shadow, White Princess, Whites, White Collar, White Nights, Snow White and the 7 Dwarves… https://t.co/wXCYd4m0l7
— Kathryn Crosby (@ktxby)
I think they ultimately ended up calling that show “Celebrity Apprentice” https://t.co/DL5RTyNfGp
— ✊ #DisruptJ20 ✊ (@DisruptJ20)