The Barrs are relentless. Now Roseanne Barr's son, Jake Pentland, decided to defend his mother after her racist tweet earlier this week whereby President Barack Obama's former advisor Valerie Jarrett looked like she was the result of "muslim brotherhood & planet of the apes."
According to Jake Pentland, who was texting with his mother all day, Roseanne was under the impression that Valerie Jarrett was actually white, and not black. Ignorance is never a defense in law - should it even be remotely considered here, though?
"Jake says his mom would never call a black woman an ape, and that during a text conversation Roseanne referenced both Valerie and her father, exclaiming 'Her and her dad! I thought they were white!,' The Blast reports.
Jarrett's was reportedly born in Shiraz, Iran, to American parents -- James and Barbara Bowman. Her parents are both African-American. Her ancestors greatly contributed to the American history for one of her maternal great-grandfathers, Robert Robinson Taylor was the first African-American architect who graduated from MIT.
On the television series Finding Your Roots, genealogical research and DNA testing indicated that Jarrett also has French, Scottish, and Native American ancestry. As a child, Jarrett spoke Farsi, French, and English.
Source: theblast.com
