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Does Will Smith Need to Apologize Again in Public for That Oscars Slap Fest

“I’m here whenever you’re ready to talk.” — Will Smith

I, Napoleon B.
Counter Arts
Published in
6 min readJul 30, 2022

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Does Will Smith Need to Apologize Again in Public for That Oscars Slap Fest
Photo Combo of Will Smith and Chris Rock by the author

The Oscar goes to … It was supposed to be a night of celebration and camaraderie but it turned out to be one of the most unforgettable Oscars that will be talked about for years to come.

Will Smith smacks Chris Rock on stage in front of a live audience. An act of violence seen by hundreds of millions across the globe. Will Smith wasn't the famous actor out to receive his first Oscar. He was the angry black manthe world had seen in movies a thousand times, perpetuated by the stereotype society has labeled black men throughout history.

We have reached ‘peak weird’ and each day there is something that is happening in the world and the only thing you can tell yourself is — ‘What the hell?’

I have shut people out from my life in the last two or three years since the pandemic. I have stopped talking to friends who gaslighted me. And this year, I…

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I, Napoleon B.
Counter Arts

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