A Word: It Hits Different

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🗓️ 15 December 2014

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Chris Rock is back on tour, days after Will Smith struck him and won his first Oscar in the same night. While the Academy strongly condemned Smith, several Black stars and writers have publicly defended him, or even applauded him for standing up for his wife. On today’s episode of A Word, Jason Johnson talks with entertainment journalist Chris Witherspoon about how race is playing out in the debate over what happened, and what should happen next. Guest: Chris Witherspoon, entertainment journalist and founder/CEO of @PopViewers. Podcast production by Sam Kim You can skip all the ads in A Word by joining Slate Plus. Sign up now at slate.com/awordplus for just $1 for your first month. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The new Samsung Galaxy Z-Flip 5 and Chromebook are better together.
0:07.0	Take hands-free selfies which automatically sync to your Chromebook, ready to edit, and access
0:11.5	recent chrome tabs across both devices.
0:14.0	The new Galaxy Z Flip5 and Chromebook, better together.
0:18.0	Available on Sky Mobile.
0:20.0	Bluetooth and internet connection required.
0:22.0	You must be signed into the same Google account on both
0:23.8	your phone and Chromebook.
0:27.0	This is a word, a podcast from Slate. I'm your host, Jason Johnson. Everyone who expected the
0:35.1	Oscars to be the same boring show got a big surprise this year. That's because
0:38.9	Will Smith showed Chris Rock just how little he liked a joke that was aimed at his wife, Jeda Pinkett Smith.
0:45.4	Will Smith just smack the shit out of me.
0:48.1	The slap that launched a thousand tweets and think pieces has reignited real debates about toxic masculinity and what it means to
0:54.8	protect black women. What he did was wrong and I believe it will probably be the
0:59.2	biggest learning moment of his career and I'm really excited that we can sit back and learn with him.
1:04.3	Will Smith, the slap that rocked the Oscars and what it means in the black community
1:08.3	coming up on a word with me Jason Johnson. Stay with us. Stay with us. Welcome to a word, a podcast about race and politics and everything else.
1:24.3	I'm your host, Jason Johnson.
1:26.4	There have already been memorable moments at the Oscar Sunday night.
1:30.1	The historic wins for Afro-Litina Ariana de Bois and deaf actor Troy Kotser among them when comedian Chris Rock took the mic to announce the award for best documentary feature.
1:39.0	But not before he let loose with a couple of jokes and one that maybe he'd like to take back about
1:44.6	Jada Pinkett Smith.
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