Tracee Ellis Ross of the ABC TV show “Black-ish” won the award for Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy at the 2017 Golden Globes on Sunday night. It was a monumental victory as Ross became only the second African-American woman to ever win in that category. African-American actress Debbie Allen had won the award first back in 1983.
During her speech, she dedicated the win to women of color, as well as “colorful people whose stories, ideas, and thoughts, are not always considered worthy and valid and important.”
While social media celebrated the historic moment, it didn’t take long for the Internet to find out President-elect Donald Trump’s feelings about the show and his 2014 tweet about the hit show “Blackish” has resurfaced this week and has stirred many people in America up. The tweet said, “How is ABC Television allowed to have a show entitled ‘Blackish’? Can you imagine the furor of a show, ‘Whiteish’! Racism at highest level?”
Many on the Internet first thought it was from a fake account or from a child:
When they found out that it was an actual tweet from the future most powerful person in the United States, they let loose.
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“Black-ish” is an ABC sitcom starring Anthony Anderson and Ellis Ross that debuted on ABC in 2014. It is a comedy that centers on an upper-middle-class African-American family that is now in its third season. The show has received positive reviews, receiving many awards and nominations including an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Comedy Series and a TCA Award for Outstanding Achievement in Comedy.
