Goodman didn’t join in on the gang-up. Sara Gilbert and Michael Fischman wanted to outdo each other in condemning her. Goodman stayed out of it. He might have spoken up in her defense.
The idea of Roseanne being racist is ridiculous. She was reflexively liberal, and she supported Trump, for which the usual leftards never forgave her, and jumped on her the moment she tweeted something that they could snatch out of context and run with. But as for race relations, she was the only show in the ‘80s that didn’t have the black actors rhyming, or using a signature walk or phrase (Dynomite!, for example). That was the convention back then, and she was having none of it, and I always respected her for that. Bastards destroyed a great talent.
the accusation of Roseanne being racist really hurt her at a core level. Roseanne’s youngest child is mixed race black child. The fact that Goodman was nowhere is scummy but then being on the outside and judging is not good on my part.