Read Donald Trump's Tweet About "Black-ish"
You'd be hard-pressed to find a topic Donald Trump hasn't yet offered his opinion about on Twitter - so when Tracee Ellis Ross took home the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a TV Comedy on Sunday night, it didn't take long for the internet to unearth the president-elect's thoughts on her show, Black-ish.
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) October 1, 2014
Reportedly first rediscovered by Dave Itzkhoff, the 2014 tweet from Trump reads, "How is ABC Television allowed to have a show entitled 'Blackish'? Can you imagine the furor of a show, 'Whiteish'! Racism at highest level?"
Never forget https://t.co/WNopCJgsNq
- Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) January 9, 2017
Unsurprisingly, many were quick to offer up a slew of responses to the tweet - and at the time, many pointed out that a TV show being named Black-ish is most definitely not an example of "racism at highest level."
We gotta get you out of here for this @realDonaldTrump. Do you even know the definition of racism?https://t.co/UIKBMg313N
- X (@XLNB) October 1, 2014
@realDonaldTrump not sure that you know what racism or 'the highest level' means.
- Eugene Scott (@Eugene_Scott) October 1, 2014
Others chose to respond to the tweet by listing off some of the many "White-ish" shows that have been on the air over the years.
"Whitish" has been on for years. They called it "Friends"...or "The Big Bang Theory" or "Seinfeld" or....you get the point, @realDonaldTrump
- Rusty Redenbacher (@rustymk2) October 1, 2014
Thats every other show Donald! RT @realDonaldTrump: How is ABC allowed to have Blackish? Can you imagine the furor of a show, "Whiteish"!
- Matthew A. Cherry (@MatthewACherry) October 1, 2014
@CorporateBarbie @realDonaldTrump "Friends" "Seinfeld"... pretty much every other show not named "Blackish" IS Whitish.
- The Nation (@TiricoHairline) October 2, 2014
Meanwhile, others made it clear that they thought his tweet was absolutely ridiculous.
@realDonaldTrump hush chile pic.twitter.com/iL3GrznOa3
- Sirita Wright (@SavageGazelle) February 25, 2016
.@realDonaldTrump Yes Donald. That's 'racism at its highest level'. Now put your dressing gown on and come back inside. Jeopardy is on.
- Philip Bradbury (@feckhead) October 1, 2014
.@realDonaldTrump you're blowin my mind buddy!!!! it's like, who are the real racists? wow. makes you think
- matt ◉ lubchansky (@Lubchansky) October 1, 2014
But by far, the most popular response - both in 2014 and 2017 - was letting the tweet speak for itself.
This is a real tweet by our incoming President. https://t.co/zfBuZjPkDZ
- billy eichner (@billyeichner) January 9, 2017
This is a terrifying glimpse into the shallow mind of America's incoming president, @realDonaldTrump.#Blackish #GoldenGlobes#TheResistance
- Khary Penebaker (@kharyp) January 9, 2017
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