Posted on 04/09/2022 4:23:07 PM PDT by MarvinStinson
Will Smith is facing a 10-year ban from events held by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for slapping Chris Rock during the Academy Awards in March. But the reaction to the decision was met with mixed results, ranging from disbelief to accusations of racism.
While the "King Richard" star has repeatedly apologized and accepted the academy's decision, the organization contended that its ban was "a step toward a larger goal of protecting the safety of our performers and guests, and restoring trust in the academy."
Some critics characterized the academy's ruling against the "Fresh Prince" veteran as racially motivated, while others saw it as the group making up for lax repercussions for past transgressors.
"The ten year ban they gave Will Smith feels very 'make a lesson of this Black person,'" tweeted author Frederick Joseph.
"This is 100% racially motivated," wrote Twitter user Somari, replying to a news story about Smith's punishment. "Jim Carrey sexually assaulted a woman live on stage and she was visually distressed. Will Smith slaps a dude for mocking an illness and gets banned for a decade."
Others contrasted the academy's swift action with the "Ali" and "Concussion" actor with the delayed punishments involving disgraced Hollywood players such as Oscar-winning director Roman Polanski, producer Harvey Weinstein and actor Kevin Spacey.
But there was a handful of people who backed the decision and plenty who continued to make fun of the whole slap debacle.
"A harsher punishment would have been mandatory attendance for 10 years," quipped "Scandal" alum Joshua Malina.
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Black on black and it’s racism if one black is banned?
I love it when leftists eat their own.
What’s an “Academy Award?”
Everything is skin color to the left. EVERYTHING.
When everything is “racist” nothing is racist.
Everything is skin color to the left. EVERYTHING.
Competing obsessions, skin color and climate change - artfully merged when climate change disproportionally affects POCs.
In all fairness, it IS true that the Academy has never suspended a white actor who physically assaulted a presenter.
Dare I ask about the Jim Carey incident?
But he’ll be at every party before and after the affair.
“White Privilege on parade: Will Smith banned from attending the Oscars for the next 10 years for slapping Chris Rock. In contrast, Donald Trump waged a coup and incited the Jan 6 terrorist attack BUT has suffered NO Penalty at all.”
question: if walking up on stage and b!tch slapping the MC isn’t grounds for taking the toy away and getting thrown out for life... WTF IS???
What did Jim Carey do? I don’t watch the Oscars so maybe I’m missing something.
AOL quotes a couple of Twitoids and makes it a “news story.”
"A harsher punishment would have been mandatory attendance for 10 years," quipped "Scandal" alum Joshua Malina.
Race, class & gender.
Race, class & gender.
And sexual orientation.
OK, so he slapped someone. Another Black man, at that.
Not too many years ago, Robert De Niro was on stage at the Academy Awards yelling “F*** TRUMP! F*** TRUMP! F*** TRUMP!” Live, for all the world to see, and nothing happened to him.
Robert De Niro is white. Nothing happens to him.
Will Smith is black. He gets suspended from the Awards ceremony for 10 years.
The Academy Awards leadership is DEFINITELY racist…
wonder if Will’s movie concussion is play into this somehow.
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