Jarrett was born in Iran, but her parents were African-American. And yes, comparing African-Americans to apes is racist.
Is it? I compare children to monkeys all the time. Children. Red, yellow, black, and white. They all act like monkeys. They do it together because no one has corrupted them yet to say that they are different.
One of my sons looks like an ape. lol. I make fun of my husband’s feet. I call them ape feet. Is that racist? A few of my children have ape feet, too. They can’t all have perfect feet like mine.