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Into America

Was Will Smith Protecting Black Women?

Into America

Trymaine Lee, MS NOW

Black Lives Matter, Covid-19, Policy, Documentary, Justice, Health, Society & Culture, Breonna Taylor, Trymaine Lee, Politics, George Floyd, Msnbc, Government, Cultural, History, News, Ms Now, News Commentary, Social, Blm, Versant, Culture, Society

4.63.4K Ratings

🗓️ 31 March 2022

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

What does it mean to protect Black women? Activist Jamira Burley weighs in.

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And the Oscar goes to and the Oscar goes to and the Oscar goes to the Academy Awards have

0:15.2

had a few viral moments before like the Moonlight La La Land mix up for best picture in 2017.

0:21.7

John Travolta, wichering Broadway star Edita Men's self name just a few years earlier.

0:35.6

But they've got nothing on this year. On stage to present the Oscar for best documentary

0:48.7

feature Chris Rock began roasting the celebrities in attendance when he got to Jada Pinkinsmith.

0:55.2

He made a joke about her shaved head.

1:02.7

At first the camera show will laughing while Jada rolled her eyes. But a moment later,

1:08.6

he'll strode up on the stage and slapped Chris Rock across the face.

1:22.8

Will immediately went back to his seat at his wife's side. ABC cut the sound for the next

1:27.7

20 seconds of their broadcast. But around the world, in places like Japan and Australia, viewers

1:34.8

got an ear fool.

1:43.0

This is a GI change up.

2:06.2

With Will yelling from his seat, the audience was shocked into a stunned silence in the auditorium,

2:12.7

as well as online. People weren't sure if what they had just witnessed was staged or

2:18.0

if it was a genuine moment of unbridled emotion.

2:22.6

Jada has opened up in recent years about her struggles with alopecia. It's an autoimmune

2:28.6

disorder that causes hair loss. And according to John's Hopkins, it disproportionately affects

2:34.7

black women. In December, she completely shaved her head.

2:38.5

I don't give two crabs what people feel about this boy. Head of mine, kiss, kiss, boy.

2:44.1

I love it.

2:48.8

45 minutes after the slap, Will Smith went on to win the Academy Award for Best Actor.

2:56.3

And we saw man at his breaking point.

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