NBC News; Chris Rock's alopecia joke was racist

[pyetro]

When you thought wokeness had reached its limit of ridiculousness.

Racism and patriarchy have taught Black women and ultimately made them believe that their natural beauty was ugly, undesired and needed to be changed to fit in culturally

Opinion | Many Black women have been in Jada Pinkett Smith's shoes

However you feel about Will Smith's reaction to Rock's joke about Jada Pinkett Smith, it points to a larger issue that Black women are made to feel ashamed of their natural hair.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[okfine]

When you thought wokeness had reached its limit of ridiculousness

Opinion | Many Black women have been in Jada Pinkett Smith's shoes

However you feel about Will Smith's reaction to Rock's joke about Jada Pinkett Smith, it points to a larger issue that Black women are made to feel ashamed of their natural hair.

www.nbcnews.com

Whatever. Freekin Hollyweirdo slap.

 

[PinktheFloyd88]

What a ridiculous Opinion article. It was A JOKE.

It is the OSCARS. He is the Host. He is there to make jokes and have fun.

Good lord people.

 

[Stormy Daniels]

This is surprising. Chris Rock has made a career out of clean, wholly unoffensive humor.

 

[Rogue AI]

Since when could blacks be racist?

 

[AMart]

I always liked nappy headed hoes.

 

[Dekster]

When you thought wokeness had reached its limit of ridiculousness.

Opinion | Many Black women have been in Jada Pinkett Smith's shoes

However you feel about Will Smith's reaction to Rock's joke about Jada Pinkett Smith, it points to a larger issue that Black women are made to feel ashamed of their natural hair.

www.nbcnews.com

What do you expect when the House of Representatives have already passed the CROWN Act to protect discrimination based on the queens' hair style?

 

[EvilCat Breath]

The joke was insulting because it compared Smith to a white woman, GI Jane

 

[1srelluc]

When you thought wokeness had reached its limit of ridiculousness.

Opinion | Many Black women have been in Jada Pinkett Smith's shoes

However you feel about Will Smith's reaction to Rock's joke about Jada Pinkett Smith, it points to a larger issue that Black women are made to feel ashamed of their natural hair.

www.nbcnews.com

Odd that black women spend half their EBT on getting their hair straightened.

 

[Moonglow]

Odd that black women spend half their EBT on getting their hair straightened.

And you have copies of their receipts for proof.

 

[DigitalDrifter]

Since when could blacks be racist?

Blacks are not who the author is talking about. She's blaming the white patriarchal society.
In other words, as usual it's Whitey's fault.

 

[Cecilie1200]

Since when could blacks be racist?

And against other blacks? I'm so confused.

No, wait, I'm apathetic.

I'm still not convinced the whole thing wasn't staged for extra publicity, probably because I'm also too apathetic to find out.

 

[Cecilie1200]

Odd that black women spend half their EBT on getting their hair straightened.

Maybe that's why so many of them end up with their hair falling out.

 

[DGS49]

It is unfortunately true that American culture favors certain forms of beauty, none of which even approaches the appearance of African-American hair, in its natural state.

Between texture, color, manipulation, and length, African American women go to extremes to change what nature has provided them. Conspicuously, some of the most visible African-American women in our society have fully bought in to making themselves "look white." The Vice President, Beyonce, and on and on.

And yet, if one even suggested that these women are "ashamed" of their natural appearance, they would be horrified and even angry at the suggestion.

We are all bozos on this bus.

 

[tyroneweaver]

Smith hits like a girl.
Chris Rock took his punch and kept his composure.
Doesn't say much about Smith

 

[Canon Shooter]

This is surprising. Chris Rock has made a career out of clean, wholly unoffensive humor.

 

[Turtlesoup]

When you thought wokeness had reached its limit of ridiculousness.

Opinion | Many Black women have been in Jada Pinkett Smith's shoes

However you feel about Will Smith's reaction to Rock's joke about Jada Pinkett Smith, it points to a larger issue that Black women are made to feel ashamed of their natural hair.

www.nbcnews.com

Rock and Smith have been fighting for years over the oscars since Smith called for everyone to boycott them for not having more black winners (you know him) while Rock refused to boycott---they have been fighting ever since particularily over the oscars. This years physical attack was not about Jada's hair---just the latest in a series of fights between these two.

 

[Lakhota]

What a ridiculous Opinion article. It was A JOKE.

It is the OSCARS. He is the Host. He is there to make jokes and have fun.

Good lord people.

Amen! I wish Chris Rock would have kicked Willie Smith's black ass off the stage!

 

[blackhawk]

Black men get shot and killed in Chicago at an alarming rate the nation hardly notices one black man slaps another black man over a dumb joke on an awards show and it's natiional news.

 

[GLASNOST]

When you thought wokeness had reached its limit of ridiculousness.

Will Smith is an A-hole who takes himself and his movie PR seriously. He's not even a good actor. Not at all! During his "Fresh Prince in Bel Air" TV series, he constantly made nasty jokes about Uncle Phil's fatness, Cartlon's shortness, and the whiteness of anyone who happened to be white. This guy has no right to get publically offended by a joke. I hope that Hollywood and his fans shun him from now on.