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For the country to see. when you work for abc, like any company, whose whole brand is about family appeal and being more diverse, having more diverse shows and making that a part of the real brand, you're not going to last, period. >> no law you have to be on twitter. you can break up with it. if it becomes a toxic stew, you can actually turn away from it. >> twitter doesn't make you racist, nor does ambien. i use both, or have in the past. appreciate you being with us. really interesting discussion. republican congressman who has seen the the intelligence behind president trump's claim that...

Peddling right wing conspiracy theories. she falsely accused a survivor of the parkland massacre of giving a nazi salute. that was a doctored video. and a child sex trafficking ring out of this washington, d.c. pizza restaurant. this time, though, abc said she had gone too far. and president trump keeping silent about the controversy. >> look at roseanne. i called her yesterday. look at her ratings. they were unbelievable. over 18 million people. and it was about us. >> trump's son, however, did weigh in, retweeting two of roseanne's outlandish tweets calling george soros a nazi who turned in ...

After this racist twitter post that led to abc canceling her hit show. it was actually a tweet storm. her story is not the only one involving race that made headlines yesterday. starbucks also shut its doors early to conduct mandatory training. that was weeks after two black american were arrested at this philadelphia starbucks while they waited for a friend. joining us to discuss our cultural critic and writer mikaela angela davis and author of "tears we cannot stop" michael eric dyson. michael, i will start with you. how do you see everything that unfolded with roseanne in the past 12 hours?...

Bottom line seems to be the ultimate litmus test of what is acceptable or not, was trumped by a moral perspective. we're on a path at least to wrestle with these problems. >> to that last point, mikaela, you look at all the problems that michael laid out there. you look at this as primarily a hopefulful moment. >> i have to. it is so complicated and hurt l hurtful. at least we are having a public conversation about it. our parents, grand parents suffered in dignities that are unspeakable. and corporations and ceos weren't having conversations. we have monuments to nameless people killed by oth...

Roseanne herself such an imperfect figure. people don't remember all of her outrages, including botching the national anthem. today it would be outrageous to a lot of trump supporters since that has played out in the nfl. this was simply a case of a comedian who did something that was just outrageous no matter who you are and crossed the line. abc as a media company was simply not going to put up with it under any circumstances, certainly not in an atmosphere now where crossing the line results in zero tolerance. in this case it's just so clear to have gone over the line like that that preside...