No need as you've failed to absorb what has been written before. The problem with your points is that they were all made from an insular point of view.
Will Smith hits Chris Rock on Oscars stage
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No need as you've failed to absorb what has been written before. The problem with your points is that they were all made from an insular point of view.
Great, any time you want to enter the discussion, feel free.
I haven't left the discussion. Just can't see the point in me answering to petty sarcasms!
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sorry but wtf has this got do to with race?
Everything apparently. It's the white man's fault that one black guy slapped another black guy. Cos both black guys have been oppressed by whitey.
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i mean im half black and that is the most redicolous **** i have ever heard about this whole slapping debate.
Just goes to show the incredible lengths some people of a certain mindset/political view will go to link anything back to race. This is one of the reasons why American society is so damaged. The author is even a college professor - all makes sense.
Of course, it’s not Smiths fault he hit anyone, it’s the system created by the white man that has constrained black people with the toxic moral code of conduct. The black community need to be able to assault each other now and then apparently. Can’t believe Forbes even posted the article, it’s a disgrace and properly racist. God help us all.
You either laugh at a joke or you don't, to laugh at it, then go over and slap the comedian is just poor form..
From what I understand Jada has alopecia so for her to shave her head is probably an easy way for her to deal with that, so while the joke was in poor taste, did Chris Rock actually know she was suffering from the condition?
It seems Willow is also sporting a shaved noggin, perhaps a unity thing, perhaps she has it as well, I have no idea.
As for Jaydens 'And that's how we do it' tweet, shows what an entitled little p'rick he is, yes that's how we do it, that's how we encourage our children to behave, sometimes violence is the right answer, someone says something we don't like so we slap them, jackass..
That said, I think it was staged to a degree, the oscars always seems to have to have something that keeps it in the news for a while after its done, oddly I don't recall anyone ever slapping Ricky Gervais, anyone?
From what I understand Jada has alopecia so for her to shave her head is probably an easy way for her to deal with that, so while the joke was in poor taste, did Chris Rock actually know she was suffering from the condition?
It seems Willow is also sporting a shaved noggin, perhaps a unity thing, perhaps she has it as well, I have no idea.
As for Jaydens 'And that's how we do it' tweet, shows what an entitled little p'rick he is, yes that's how we do it, that's how we encourage our children to behave, sometimes violence is the right answer, someone says something we don't like so we slap them, jackass..
That said, I think it was staged to a degree, the oscars always seems to have to have something that keeps it in the news for a while after its done, oddly I don't recall anyone ever slapping Ricky Gervais, anyone?
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The Forbes article is pretty staggering, but equally unsurprising. Easy target to blame the white guys for almost anything.
I mean, look at the camera angle, listen to the sound, the chest impact, a slapped face doesn't sound like that. It is a natural reaction to raise your hand if you think you're going to be hit, you at least flinch.
When people really get slapped they don't react like that. CR would have been flustered and looking for advice off stage and in his ear piece. Crew would have approached Smith and tried to de-escalate.
It's all noise. Another distraction. From what I don't know but it certainly created a 'water cooler' moment.
I think the main thing is that we shouldn't advocate for violence when someone says something we don't agree with. It was an inappropriate response and technically assault/battery. Was Smith arrested? Is CR suing?
Again, things just don't add up.
I think Mel Gibson was the closest, but even he, a non-comedian, managed to keep it funny. Something Smith should have tried.
I just read the Forbes article and it sounds like a load of horse crap to me, but, I'm white and 45, so my middle-aged white privilege means I don't understand the struggle, personally i don't see how it was racist at all and blaming white people and the system they/we created in itself seems racist, but because its against white people it gets ignored, I dunno...
Yeah that's what I thought, he does a little fake laugh thing like every audience member does when the cameras are rolling and the MC is making a joke. Maybe seeing his wife's reaction did provoke him more but I don't think it was out of guilt, more the dawning realisation of what an insensitive joke it was and the impact it had on her. Luckily for Smith (and Rock for that matter!) he had a bit of a walk to reach the stage so he probably figured it best to go for a slap rather than just landing a punch like he might have done if they were stood next to each other.
At the end of the day I'd say his reaction is out of order and his Oscar should be revoked for brining the Academy into disrepute, but I also think they will be pretty careful in future years about who they put on stage and make it clear that certain types of joke are off-limits. The joke was a bad combination of both poor taste and not even particularly funny, there was no guile to it.
Hell people give interviews all the time, doesn't mean people give a sheet..
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true, but remember, he didn't say anything about her being g.i jane, or playing the part.
he has done a nothing but crap since i can remember, however, don't go forgetting he's literally just won an oscar, so he must still be doing something right.
i get the joke, but the other reactions are from when lala land was announced winner incorrectly a few years back. the last time plonkers decided something was staged at the oscars for attention.
I would imagine there would be all sorts of outrage if a 'white' academy that's trying its hardest in the last few years to be 'inclusive' and 'woke' took an award off of a black guy given the angle that Forbes article was going with...
And this is it, the Oscars is a bit weak to be fair, a load of celebs blowing smoke up each others asses, given nice goodie bags and then off to the afterparty...
If you like, she'd probably like it
