The Two Americas Debating Will Smith and Chris Rock

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95. I don't like broad brushes

Every black person I've talked to says Will Smith looked crazy. Jada made a fool out of him and now he's making an even bigger fool out of himself.

Now a clip has surfaced showing Jada laughing right after Will slapped Chris. She did absolutely nothing to calm him down after his ridiculous, potentially career ending outburst. I'm actually a fan of Will and Jada, and I'm disappointed that they let us down. I did not want to see Will arrested, but I think he should have been removed from the audience, by force if necessary. He normalized violence and ruined the night for everyone, including many black actors and producers like Will Packer, Chris Rock, the list goes on and on.

There's no way for the Oscars to justify their response that night. You don't let an assault take place and do absolutely nothing about it. But maybe that's how we do things now. Insurrection plotters are similarly going about their business as if nothing happened.